{"id":12551,"date":"2023-05-05T13:38:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T20:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=12551"},"modified":"2023-05-05T13:38:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T20:38:44","slug":"i-wish-i-had-known-prompt-726","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/i-wish-i-had-known-prompt-726\/","title":{"rendered":"I wish I had known . . . Prompt #726"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I wish I had known . . . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Response by Muriel Ellis:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t think I would really want to have known what my life would bring. Of course, I wish I\u2019d done some things differently, made more time for the family I loved. I wish I hadn\u2019t abandoned writing for so many years, over and over again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I certainly wish I\u2019d known when I heard the grim news \u201cmalignant,\u201d when it applied to lungs that it did not mean horrendous surgery with scant hope of recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I wish that, before I knew all would be well, that I had actually written all those letters of accumulated love and wisdom that I planned to leave for my family\u2014maybe even a page or two for assorted nieces and nephews and their offspring. Well, I didn\u2019t. And, yes, I know it\u2019s not too late, but that\u2019s another story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life is full of \u201cwhat ifs?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a delightful waste of time to ponder. Never mind the personal\u2014the turmoil of the past few months reminds me of the heady days when my daughter\u2019s generation took to the streets with protest marches They brought change just as the freedom Riders changed the face of the South.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if they\u2019d all stayed home muttering their discontent?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s turmoil time again. I stayed placidly on the sidelines in the sixties and seventies for the sake of peace in my own house. I sympathized, but . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A wheelchair handed down to me when my sister-in-law died served as a walker and a much needed place to sit through a lot of singing and speeches when I joined that merry creative crowd in small town Ukiah to protest on a Saturday in January, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I just know that I needed for once in my life to be a part of something I believed in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat I wish I had known\u201d by Muriel Ellis in \u201cThe Write Spot to Jumpstart Your Writing: Connections.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing Prompts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I wish I had known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or: Not this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The anthology, \u201cThe Write Spot to Jumpstart Your Writing: Connections\u201d<\/a> is not for writers only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The short vignettes are entertaining and some are thought-full. Like this one, by Muriel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Connections” could be a “just because” gift that might inspire writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Write Spot to Jumpstart Your Writing: Connections” is available from your local bookseller and from Amazon <\/a>(both ereader and print).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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