Some things never change. Apparently by the looks of me as a three year old, I was a worrier then too. Fingers in my mouth and that look on my face! Hahahaha, I still get that look. It's the same look I wore in school and the teacher was always asking me if I was having trouble understanding what she said. I didn't but for some reason I wore 'the face."
Over the years, that face has lead to me getting lots of questions or worse, getting called on in classes. It wasn't until I began keeping my notebook near and a pen or pencil and writing stories during my boring classes, that it changed. I was keeping my head down and no one could see that look! Glasses also helped but when I got contact lenses I had to start using the notebook method again!
I was granted a reprieve during my mothering years, when the only look I wore was one of exhaustion coupled with excitement as I raised my three kids and had fun teaching them home economics, budgeting, crafts, love of reading and music and God. When they all began school I edged into the work world again where once again I was wearing that Look... many bosses mistaking it for nearsightedness. What I was really thinking was, how can I make money staying home and writing for a living instead of being in the work world?!
Now in my older than middle aged years and six days away from retirement, I can finally stop wearing the look and just write! Oh I still worry, who doesn't these days, but I am hoping my look will once again change to the grandmothering years of enjoying teaching my granddaughters how to sew and craft and write books. We've already collaborated on one and we have three more in the wings!!
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