Day 7: Who or what makes you laugh so hard that milk shoots out of your nose and why? Slapstick, dry witty comedy, your kids, Monty Python? We highly encourage stories, video, photos and other things that might endanger our computer screens with flying milk! Or really any beverage. This has got to be one … Continue reading December Writing Challenge: Day 7
December Writing Challenge: Day 6
Day 6: List 10 things that you would never do. First off, I guess I should place a disclaimer at the beginning of this post, because I'm hugely against saying I'll "never" do something. While I may fight and scream and swear I'll never do something, it's quite possible I'll end up doing the thing … Continue reading December Writing Challenge: Day 6
December Writing Challenge: Day 5
Day 5: What is the one thing you finally did this year that you always wanted or said you were going to do, but in your heart of hearts never thought you would actually do? This is probably just the writing prompt that I needed this year. It's extremely relevant, that's for sure. In May … Continue reading December Writing Challenge: Day 5
December Writing Challenge: Day 4
Day 4: In the movie version of your life, which actor/actress would play you and the significant players in your life? What kind of movie is it (e.g., Made for T.V., Action, emo/Indie, etc.)? What will be the major plot points, and how will it end? Wow, this is kind of a loaded question. Honestly, … Continue reading December Writing Challenge: Day 4
December Writing Challenge: Day 3
Day 3: How did you become more of a grown-up this year? Or did you pull a Peter Pan and stubbornly remain childlike? If I'm going to be honest with myself and with the readers that know me well, I will have to admit that I've done a little of both growing up and remaining … Continue reading December Writing Challenge: Day 3
December Writing Challenge: Day 2
Day 2: What is the stupidest thing you did this year? What about in your whole life? You can take stupid to mean: embarrassing, dangerous, funny, lame, whatever you consider 'stupid'. A lot has happened this year, and I have definitely made more than one mistake over the course of 2011; however, if I had … Continue reading December Writing Challenge: Day 2
December Writing Challenge: Day 1
So, a friend of mine posts blogs on a regular basis, and she recently started a December challenge thing. It really fascinated me, so I figured I'd give it a go too. I'm only two days behind, so catching up will be a breeze! Day 1: If the you of today could go back in … Continue reading December Writing Challenge: Day 1
Remembering to Live for the Moment
It's easy to get caught up in the past and to worry about the future. Events and circumstances happen, and people come into and out of our lives, and all of these things have lasting effects on us and in some way or another shape the person that we become as we continuously develop through … Continue reading Remembering to Live for the Moment
The Next Step
During graduate school, suicide prevention became a passion of mine. Having had thoughts of committing suicide before (way back when in high school) and then watching as several of the students I worked with struggled with thoughts of suicide and finally getting the text message from someone I care a lot about saying that he … Continue reading The Next Step
Worth the Wait
I have heard it said before that if something is worth having, it's worth waiting for. I've never really payed a lot of attention to that saying before. We live in a fast paced society where everything moves so quickly and things are obtained almost instantly as long as one has the means to acquire … Continue reading Worth the Wait
Joshua's Musings 