The Story of My Life

Back in the days of teaching writing classes, a first exercise was always fun to use to get to know each other and prove that ANYONE can be a poet. Here is the format for an I AM poem. Fill in the Blanks and repost on your blog. These can be serious, funny, crazy.....whatever YOU ARE. Mine will post soon! My son did one and I may post it too. Get your kids to do one, print it on a cute picture, frame it. A great keepsake. I Am I am (two special characteristics) I wonder (something you are actually curious about) I hear (an imaginary or real sound) I see (an imaginary or real sight) I want (an actual desire) I am (the first line of the poem restated) I pretend (something you actually pretend to do) I feel (a feeling about something imaginary or real) I touch (an imaginary or real touch) I worry (something that really bothers you) I cry (something that makes you very sad) I am (the first line of the poem repeated) I understand (something you know is true) I say (something you believe i...

I Am I am a mother and yet still a child I wonder what the world will bring my children I hear their laughter echoing through the air I see smiles and pictures to be captured everywhere I want to touch a life every day I am a mother and yet a child I pretend I can sing and dance I feel love from a simple touch I touch another’s hand I worry that ...I waste too much time worrying I cry about some bad decisions and some lost souls I am a mother and yet a child I understand that life is precious I say let it take your breath away I dream about what the future will hold for us I try to leave the planning to Someone Else I hope for a good day EVERY day I am mother and yet still a child

"There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior, there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy." —Mark Twain "Storytelling is healing. As we reveal ourselves in story, we become aware of the continuing core of our lives under the fragmented surface of our experience. We become aware of the multifaceted, multichaptered ' I ' who is the storyteller. We can trace out the paradoxical and even contradictory versions of ourselves that we create for different occasions, different audiences.... Most important, as we become aware of ourselves as storytellers, we realized that what we understand and imagine about ourselves is a story. And when we know all this, we can use our stories to heal and make ourselves whole." ~Susan Wittig Albert ~(Story Circle Network) A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it to be God. -Sidney Sheldon Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The ...