\t\t\t\tHappy Monday morning my dear friends!!!! Here’s what I’m hoping will be a fun exchange between us. Can you help me write the ending to my “story” (adventure, yarn, whopper, taradiddle, mare’s nest, fabrication, concoction)? It can be three words. Or many. A smiley face without any ending at all. A total dud, fall flat on its face idea. (Oh, the embarrassment.)\u00a0Here goes my first attempt. But wait. My future alert is this: I hope to sometimes drift into Garrison Keillor territory with a yarn or two. Maybe the occasional fable of yore. Maybe a pretend\u00a0game of\u00a0“you’re about to cowgirl up your milk cow\u00a0when up drives\u00a0…”<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s happened before. But this time, she does it in an even larger\u00a0group setting. She\u2019s someone you care about a lot, enough so, you can\u2019t bear the thought of correcting her privately, let alone publicly. What\u2019s a girl to do?<\/p>\n
Send her an anonymous note? You consider her reaction and embarrassment and that idea stops you dead in your tracks. You begin to weigh the consequences. When she finds out she\u2019s had it wrong all along, she\u2019ll spend time trying to replay all the many times she\u2019s done it and who was there to witness it. It might affect her confidence. It might make her retreat. If she retreats only a tiny amount, that\u2019s never a good thing. Worse yet, maybe she\u2019ll retreat from you if she even suspects you’re the one\u00a0\u2026<\/p>\n
“Silly. Just tell her the very next time it happens. You\u2019re over-thinking it. On second thought, maybe I\u2019m guilty of something similar and no one\u2019s ever told me. Now, this is ruining MY confidence. This is starting to be too much …\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Say nothing …\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Oh, for heaven\u2019s sake, just say it! Tell her point blank …\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n No, don\u2019t. Who do I think I am anyway? Little Miss Blunder Director Corrector? \u00a0She\u2019s only a dear acquaintance, not a BFF …<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n I got it! Tell a close family member of hers so they can tell her …\u00a0“<\/em><\/p>\n Never mind. That is WAY too manipulative and underhanded.<\/p>\n But. BUT. Every time she says …<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cA washed (not watched) pot never boils,\u201d you want to crawl under the nearest loose tile. For HER sake.<\/p>\n Can you finish the rest of this story? (Happy endings are good.)<\/p>\n \t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Happy Monday morning my dear friends!!!! Here’s what I’m hoping will be a fun exchange between us. Can you help me write the ending to my “story” (adventure, yarn, whopper, taradiddle, mare’s nest, fabrication, concoction)? It can be three words. … Continue reading