SFD Warning and the birth of a blog

In 2003, Linda's dad was dying; her mother was caring for him and craving updates from the outside world, but Linda didn't always remember to tell her mom about the cute things the grandchildren said or did. Meanwhile, all the cool kids at Momwriters (aka Lani Diane Rich, Kim Wilson, Shelley Haggert, Lisa Beamer, Angela Giles Klocke, Kira, Cate, Sheri and more) started doing this thing called blogging. Linda wanted to keep her mom updated (and be one of the cool kids too), so a blog was born.

In the beginning, Linda belonged to the "Speeling IZ Optional" club. The words appearing on this blog were raw and messy. Then Linda started teaching, and she became aware of exactly how raw, and her cheeks flamed. Linda could either quit blogging or provide a warning. The writing here is still raw. It is what Anne Lamott calls a "shitty first draft," hence, the SFD warning.

This blog is my daily warm up of my writing skills. In many ways, the words appearing here are like that poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: There was a little girl, Who had a little curl, Right in the middle of her forehead. When she was good, She was very good indeed, But when she was bad she was horrid.

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