wooing women begins with mom
Feb 5th, 2009 by jenzug
Me: “Thomas, you’re doing a great job coloring!”
Thomas: “Do you wike dis cowah mama?”
Me: “Yes, that’s a very pretty color.”
Thomas: “Okay. Then I’ll cowah ah of de pitchow in dis cowah.”
Me: [heart melting].
Be warned: what you see here is not my best work. It is what Anne Lamott describes in Bird By Bird as a series of “shitty first drafts.” Blogging dragged me kicking and screaming out of creative constipation by getting me to actually write. So I do that. A lot. Without worrying about every word choice or comma placement.
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Or mom’s friends, as when Andrew went up to Alecia at church on Sunday and said, “Hi. You have beautiful hair.” It was a very suave move.
We’re going to have to watch out for those little heartbreakers.