I've Been Tagged With a Meme -- Oh Dear!

My blogger friend Jo over at The Road Less Traveled has included me in a very thoughtful exercise or "Meme" in blogger lingo. This meme involves more than the typical "What were you doing ten years ago?" (To which I would most assuredly respond "being pregnant" or "changing diapers" and move on quickly before the exhaustion overtook me from that brief jaunt down memory lane). As a new blogger I felt the need to define "Meme" -- Freedictionary.com to the rescue again:

Meme – (n.) A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another.
[Shortening mimeme, from Greek mimēma, something imitated, from mimeisthai, to imitate.]

**Ummmm ... when you read that definition, did any of you have the deja vu-ey feeling that you were on the film set of My Big Fat Greek Wedding riding around in the carpool with Toula Portokalos' dad, Gus??**

Aha! This rolling dialog will spread round the world sharing ideas, thoughts, and dreams for the betterment of mankind (or so I hope). Well, since Jo believed I had something worthwhile to share I shall dive in and give it a try. [*Splash!*]

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I Am, I Think, I Know, I Have …


I am: celebrating life

I think: so deeply I often lose my way in the present moment

I know: I am loved

I have: a need to explore life’s beauty down through niches and caves of wondering thoughts

I wish: I had chosen to live life this fully earlier

I hate: thinking about hateful things (this was by far the hardest blank to fill in)

I miss: my son, Andrew

I fear: the overpowering pull of a perfectionist nature that stymies my expression

I feel: like Merlin … getting younger with age : )

I hear: my daughter playing the harp (a piece of Heaven slipped through the clouds)

I smell: “the sea” (my latest “favorite” body gelee) and long to visit Mendocino

I crave: (honestly … good, dark, luscious, melt-in-your-mouth chocolate came to mind first … hmmmmm ….) HUGS while eating good, dark, luscious, melt-in-your-mouth chocolate. [Note: This should be administered daily, as needed]

I search: my heart for prickles and root them out so as to make room for more love to grow

I wonder: as I wander …

I regret: living so long with regrets (now I jettison them)

I love: the life God sketched out for me (painful childhood and all)

I ache: at the tear of a neglected child.

I am not: the same timid person I used to be

I believe: the greatest of these is LOVE

I dance: ALL THE TIME (I can’t help it -- it just happens!)

I sing: opera in the shower (I am forever longing to be The Lady of the Night from Mozart’s Magic Flute)

I cry: at the silliest things (fireworks finales, the singing of the National Anthem, the entrance to Disneyland, a hug, the sound of a child singing …), but rarely do I cry when hurt (that pain goes deep down and hides from view in a sad place behind a staid expression)

I don’t always: appreciate the gifts found in each day

I fight: the urge to hide behind a mask

I write: because I MUST!

I win: when I don’t fear losing

I never: pass up a hug

I always: get a goodnight kiss from my husband : )

I confuse: those around me at times, but they love me anyway (and I am SO grateful)

I listen: more now than I every have before

I can usually be found: with my nose in a book and a teacup by my side

I am scared: of fewer things today than yesterday

I need: the joy of the Lord EVERYDAY!

I am happy about: those things that I choose to be happy about

I imagine: of a world where every child is loved and cherished


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Well, now would be the time for me to pass along the tag (and believe me I have pondered this for quite a while). I decided that I would "tag" new bloggers who do not have a backlog of posts for me to explore in search of gems denoting personality, dreams, and the odd quirk. So, I now tag Connie, Lisa, and my precious daughter Elizabeth. (To which I add, this is purely voluntary -- no pressure included.)


[ZOWIE! I can't believe I actually made these nifty hyperlinks with NAMES -- so cool! I learn something new every day. Thanks Jo, you forced me waaaaaay out of my comfort zone!!]