Where New Writers Find Their Voice

Journeys

Well, it has been a few days since I have written. Each day, I thought about things to write. I had a humongous list of things to write about. Here I am now, saying to myself, what am I going to write about?
How about my week, since it has been about that long since I have written.
I worked. That is what I do to keep a roof over mine and the dog' heads. The work I do is different than anything I have ever done in my life.
My work history is varied. I have worked at a grocery store, been in the Air Force, worked in a hospital, been a veterinary technican, a humane officer, police officer and homeschooling mom. Then the walls crashed down. The big D hit me, that is right, divorce. I had to find something fast. Staffing agencies are marvelous for that. Jobs fast. Not jobs fulfilling or to fit, but fast. Right up my alley and low and behold, there were jobs. So I went to work for Xbox 360. Very different type work. I had never supported a video game before. I had played lots of them. I am a mom of a very gaming oriented son.
Homeschooling lessons were Zelda. I love that game.
So XBox support I was for almost two years. Then a better game came to town. I went to work for the better game. Very different work! I have been there for two years and I am probably the oldest person there. It is odd taking supervision from folks that are my gaming son's age. Not gamey son. Just to clarify, gaming son.
So anyhoo, I worked.

I have come to realize, I have known this for awhile, but the realization has really hit in the last year, we are all on a journey. Different journeys but in the same time frame, here and now.
Some are oblivious to anything outside the realm of themselves.
Others are in touch with things that touch and affect them on this journey. Things that make an impression and move us to some action. I am trying to be more aware of things outside myself. Things that are in my sphere of existence. It may not affect me unless I make myself aware of it. No matter what it is, doves cooing to each other in the early evening, what are they saying, "I found a nice branch here, come on over"?, the whisper of the leaves moving in a blustery gust of wind, the smells after a quick rain shower that make the ground fog. These are all part of me. They happen around me for me to ignore or absorb. I plan on absorbing a lot more.