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Blurry Eyed Writing Prompts

Published 3 months ago • 1 min read

Dear Reader,

A young couple received two blank journals with writing prompts as a baby gift this month. It's the first time I've given journals, but it may not be the last. Life with newborn is a time of change. I hope the journals offer a way for each of them to capture feelings and experiences that might otherwise slip into new parent fog.

What were the prompts?

  • What do/did you most admire about your parents?
  • How can you bring those things into your own parenting?
  • List the emotions you felt today.
  • Talk about one thing that amused, surprised, alarmed or comforted you today.

Change features in all of our lives. Afternoons are different than they were a month ago. Summer rhythms, events and emotions swirl around us. Documenting these changes is a gift to the future.

You’ll find life snippets in Sippizine. Take, for example, Amanda Lawrence’s Chapter XV on page 26 of Volume 1.

Or Krista Allen's Float in Volume 3.

Do you capture today's details either with words or images? I'd love to hear about it - just reply to this email.

The next Writer's Prompt Session is August 27, 6pm at the Mattapoisett Library. Let me know if you plan to be there and I’ll send you an email reminder.

Seize the day!

Alanna

1213 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740
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