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#267; Characters of the Ws
I was given a challenge the other day to come up with five characters that I love, all to do with the letter ‘W’. And so, here you go. If you’d like to try it, let me know!
The Rules:
1. Leave a comment to this post!
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Post the names of five fictional characters whose names begin with that letter, and your thoughts on each. The characters can be from books, movies, or TV shows.
#265; family reunion fun times
It’s truly amazing to me how the time passes; how people you considered your annoyances, your best friends, and biggest rivals – somehow, over the years – become your family. I’m lucky to have a huge family. On my dad’s side, there are five of us in our generation and now we’ve nearly doubled thanks to marriages, plus they all have little baseball teams of babies. On my mom’s side, there are over a dozen in our generation, now nearly twice that thanks to people partnering off, and I got together with a few of those cousins this weekend in Maine. My cousins even invited aunts and uncles I haven’t seen in years, with nearly 30 of us all in one house for cook outs, photos, and dirt biking (including my boyfriend Piece in his first Maine reunion with us, my parents up from Myrtle Beach, and my aunt who moved to Ohio a few years ago). Check out how the years have changed us…
#262; Doubt is a pain too lonely
…to know that faith is his twin brother. – Khalil Gibran
We’ve had some beautiful weather here in Boston over the last few days, and so I’m going to try to cheer up the mood around here.
Being totally honest, it’s been difficult lately to count my blessings, but I’m working on it.
#260; good advice in many forms
I received an chain-email from Chef’s mom this morning with some great advice as I continue making Really Good Life Decisions, and wanted to share it with you. Check out after the jump for some calm, steady advice to make each day as wonderful as it can be.
#259; catching up & catching breath
Somewhere between politics and entertainment, I feel as my voice got a bit drowned out around here, and seeing as I’m on a self-improvement kick, I’ve decided to rededicate myself to writing.
I started last week with revamping The Luckiest’s facebook presence, focusing more on person-to-person contact on twitter, and making sure to keep my Project 365 updated as we get further in the year. “What does any of this have to do with writing?” – you might be asking.
Firstly, I’m a social writer. Between the amazing friends I’ve made over the years in real life thanks to my literary habits and the fantastic support groups we’ve built online… Literary abandon is more fun when your friends are along for the ride (hell, what kind of abandon isn’t?). Beyond the social aspects, I think in terms of organization. Just this morning I told a friend that I’ve no clue what I would do without the organizational tools in my life! And I spent this weekend commiserating with my bestie, Chef on a Diet, who is convinced she ‘caught’ OCD from me.
It was the conversation with Chef that got me going, to be honest…
