So, l decided to
show my husband the blog…a
little reluctantly I must admit. It’s
one thing to get used to the idea of broadcasting yourself to a bunch of people
you don’t know; it’s an entirely different thing to share your DIARY with
people you love and trust…the
risk is greater.
Anyway, I shared it
with him because I share everything with him.
And, well, he already knew everything anyway. I was excited and nervous and looking for feedback. “Do I sound like a complete crazy or is it
sorta good?”
He liked it! I was afraid he might laugh and call me a
nube or something; he’s Irish and always making jokes. I’m Nordic (among other things) and always
serious…or at least compared to
my Irish husband. But he liked it! His only feedback was that I should maybe
edit it a bit…"You need some commas
or something,” I think is what he said.
I’ve heard this
before. I heard it in junior high. My teachers referred to it as the “Ponderosa
Period.” It was the phenomenon occurring
with students coming from the Ponderosa neighborhood who seldom used
periods. Apparently we were masterful at
adding detail, but didn’t know when to cut it off.
I considered my
husband’s advice and decided to give my post another look-over. Then I decided not to change it (much)
because 1.) That’s the way I talk in my head, 2.) It’s not like I’m writing a
research report (been there, done that, neveragainthankyou!), and 3.) I’m
practicing being imperfect. So, the
punctuation or lack thereof, stays as is.
Even though I didn’t
really use the advice this time around, his comment got me thinking about
another subject…I think I’ll
write about that one next.
P.S. I stole my title from Robin Pulver who wrote
a children’s book with the same title.
Awesome book for teaching about the importance of punctuation!
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