Childhood:

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Little LuLu and Tubby
(a vintagre paper plate from a birthday party)


Someone asked me today where to start writing...
Use a prompt such as above,
You can look at a family picture,
pull up a memory,
look in a  desk drawer,
answer a question,
start from your birth,
work you way backwards starting today,
OR
 you might have interpreted that to mean 'where...'
in the living room,
at a coffee shoppe,
in the kitchen,  in your car, at your office,
the park, the patio, the porch,, the couch,
anyplace where you won't get disturbed unless you want to be.

As we all so often hear...
just START writing.

Writing Prompt:

Declutter and Renewal: A Memory...

Lost your marbles?? 
Nope, not I, said the little red hen!
(this doesn't exactly fit...but it's fun to say.)

 I went into a drawer and in a jewelry box found...steelies, peeries, cat-eyes...
I loved playing marbles when I was a kid. I think we had a permanent hole dug straight off the back step.
We had leather pouches we carried them in and played the game over and over.
I liked to yell, "everlastings," at the top of my lungs. I thought it helped win when you played last.

What a healthy way to spend the afternoon outside, laughing, talking, competing and teamwork.
Playing with other kids is an important role in socialization skill building.
You make friends.
Limit television, telephone, iPod use, etc. and encourage this healthy behavior.