This blog is dedicated to remembering the forgotten, neglected things in life. Last week, I went downtown to a toy store to buy a special present for my cousin’s second birthday. To my surprise, the store is no longer there. I drive down State St. through downtown at least once a week. How did I miss that the store isn’t there anymore?
Monday I kept having that feeling that I was forgetting something. It took me until lunchtime to figure out what there feeling was coming from. I had forgotten to wear my watch.
This summer, I hope to finally fix up my deck (also known as the back porch). I want to hang that hammock chair that has sat in the corner of my bedroom for the last four years. I hope to make my deck a place that will be a retreat and a place that I can invite friends.
Neglected things. Those things that we’ll do on that very special day that we get around to it. Not all neglected things are bad. For example, I haven’t worn my watch the rest of the week. I like the feeling of not being so time bound all the time. There’s something freeing about forgetting my watch.
Neglecting other things like not hanging a hamock or just not noticing when my favorite toy store closes leaves me feeling that I have wasted time and missed opportunities. Maybe I should have gone to the toy store more often. I probably missed out on some great chance to play. And just think of all the relaxing times I have missed over the last four years in that hammock. There are some things that are not good to never get around to.
Writing is another neglected thing in my life. Ten years ago, I wrote all the time. In fact, that was my dream–to be a writer. In the past ten years, the busyness of life and work has taken over and writing has become another thing that I keep meaning to get around to. I hope this blog will help me get around to it. And not just become another neglected thing in a long line of neglected things.
Julie, i would buy all your books if you ever published!!