I spent this weekend with my
11-year-old twins, Abby and Josh (Friday and Saturday
at least). My husband and younger son, Daniel were away camping.
The
kids didn’t have school on Friday, so we went to Disneyland for the whole day, a perk of living in Southern California! We then
spent all Saturday relaxing-believe me-we needed it! Abby’s basketball game was
cancelled so we actually had the whole day to hang out. We had no plans. They
called a couple of friends, who were busy, so it was just the three of us. We
did some homework (aawh, Mom) and went to some stores, one of them Toy-R-Us, and
then went out to dinner. It actually felt a little strange not having our usual
hundreds of things to do.
At
dinner we talked a lot, especially Abby and I, because Josh was completely
engrossed in a book (Artemis Fowl: The
Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer-he tells me the series is awesome. Guess what books I’m
reading next!).
We
talked about my new story idea and we began to brainstorm-
I love to brainstorm.
Abby started to remember more details of one of my bedtime stories. That’s where this new book idea
was first born about six months ago. Then the ball started rolling and the
ideas started flowing, what fun!
New
ideas, new plans, so exciting to create with my kids!
Josh
actually put his book down and got involved in the brainstorming. We thought up
with some intricate and fantastic ideas. A trilogy was discovered. We
uncovered new plots and problems. It was incredible.
So,
now I sit and write, armed with the napkin full of ideas in Abby’s beautifully
neat printing, with enriched energy to write, and the knowledge that my kids
love what I am doing.
My
“Mom pride” is overflowing and I know in my heart that my writing is not only
helping me follow my dreams and create; it’s also showing the kids,
and their friends, that no matter how hard, you must work, carry
on, and even fail at first, in order to fulfill a goal.
I
hope it’s also allowing their individual creativity to be nurtured and grow.
It is
better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always
right by having no ideas at all.
Edward de
Bono
Happy
Monday! Have a wonderful week.
Enjoy
creating, brainstorming, and being with the people you love,
Meredith
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