Oh, what a joy to rejoin Cee and her Share Your World blogging challenge! Check out the adorable Miss Mackenzie in Cee’s photo!
A piece of clothing from my childhood that I still remember: This one is easy because I remember lots of my clothes, probably from photographs. I do recall that my sister and I were often dressed as twins and my mother would even sew herself a matching dress. For this photo, my curly hair had been pasted into place, giving me temporary bangs and braids that were hanging almost vertically. I probably remember more about the agonies of getting my hair braided than any clothing!
Irregardless of your physical fitness, coordination or agility: If you could be an athlete what would do do? Remember this is SYW, dreaming is always allowed. I have long pursued my desire to do a cartwheel. I could run and jump but never managed a cartwheel. When I took a gymnastic class at college, my instructor was thrilled with my passion and told me she would make it happen. I was a bit anxious, having had a number of falls in previous attempts (seriously, how do you fall while doing a cartwheel?). She lined up all the participants on both sides of me, placed a lane of mats in between, and said she would also spot me. After watching my first attempt, she encouraged me to start with more “spring.” I sprang and flew over the line of spotters, landing with a crash on the hard gym floor. On my ambulance ride to the ER, I decided I would never attempt another cartwheel. Maybe in heaven….
In a car, would you rather drive or be a passenger? Having “conquered” my driving phobia (thanks to the Lord), it is hard for my dearest teaching widower to wrest the steering wheel away from me. It’s a sign of how far I’ve come that I do let him drive us occasionally, no longer needing to practice and practice.
And dord? This is a ghost word that made it into the Merriam-Webster dictionary for a surprisingly long period of time. What do you think it means?
Y’all are so cute in the photo! … Sorry for your accident in trying the cartwheel. I never could do them either. … I love the concept of a ghost word. I’d not heard of that before. Now…dord? Have no idea, but maybe an early version for nerd? haha 🙂
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That’s a good enough guess! I’d never heard of a ghost word either. It’s a non-word that made it into the dictionary. I’m glad I’m not alone with the cartwheels. Want me to spot you??
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haha … no…past the age of wanting to do cartwheels. Now, my daughter was a cheerleader all during school, and could do all kinds of things like that. And those olympic gymnasts are amazing, aren’t they! 🙂
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Did you hold your breath while she was performing ? Yikes.
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I don’t even want to attempt what Dord means. I’m sorry about the cartwheel incidences, although I did have to laugh at how your wrote it up.
NOTE: I looked Dord up. But I will stay quiet. 😀
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Haha. Ford is an interesting story, right? I can now laugh about the cartwheel fiasco, too. That instructor was horrified and when I said I wanted to try anything new, she wouldn’t let me!!
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