Meri's Musings

When I was in the year-long memoir writing class at University of Washington, the instructor extraordinaire Theo Pauline Nestor said that this Rolling Stones song was the perfect way to remember the narrative arc of a memoir. You can't always get what you want. But if you try sometime you just might find you get what you need. Think about it. Life is filled with frustrations, with detours from the path  we think we're supposed to follow. But sometimes, once we're pushed off "our" path we find the new one takes us to strange and wonderful places. We don't always know what we need. Sometimes we learn by  accident or adversity.

In 2018 I could read the future in a bowl of water finish my memoir celebrate Carnivale in Venice (probably too cold and crowded) window shop more; spend less don't let a chance of rain stop me from having fun be more adventurous worry less about pleasing other people send Valentines to my friends make wishes more often make my voice heard expect miracles all around me, day after beautiful day.