Melanie says: “Here’s my Christmas gift to you a tad late. Hope you like :)”
Who is someone in your life who helped to give you confidence? How did they do it?
The first to come to mind was my second, primary high school girlfriend. Not only was she fearless, but her boldness was also infectious. I was a really “good” kid, and she was a lot more challenging of authority. I’ve been a troublemaker ever since.
Then three years after I broke up with the Okie, she called me pretty much out of the blue, and she needed her detective skills to find me. She helped me put my head back together, because my self-confidence was pretty shot.
If you were only allowed to give one gift in your life, who would you give it to and what would it be?
Abstractly, I always wished I had had the means to pay off my parents’ house.
Perhaps, what I most want for The Daughter is for her to feel love and self-confidence. Is that two things? Oh well.
What is your favorite (or top three if that works better for you) word to say aloud? (I think mine would be disputatious- there is something substantial, unusual, and intensely satisfying in enunciating it for me, but winnowing is also a fun word to say because it uses muscles that don’t tend to get as much of a workout in daily speech.)
I had a friend named Vito Mastrogiovanni, who died from AIDS in 1991; I LOVED saying Mastrogiovanni. Another high school friend: her first name was Lonna, and she had a last name I can’t spell, but it was pronounced soo-hoe-vee-ET-ski.
In the non-proper noun category: Onamonapia – gotta say it fast! Sesquicentennial. And many words in French (Rapprochement) or Italian (Tortellini) or German (Wiener Schnitzel) or other languages.
In the fictitious word category: Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic.
In general, I like repeated fricatives, such as vivacious.
Made me think of one of my favorite songs by the Monkees: Words.
Love ya!
And you.
Loved the post (and your words). I haven’t watched the Monkees in a long time, though it was one of my faves to watch in reruns when I was young. Fun memories. Thanks for sharing, Roger. <3 M
Hi ROG! Mst say U hav a brilliant blog! My Mom and Dad have given me most confidence in my life. I’m very fortunate in this respect.
Dien Bien Phu rings a bell-sounds like the place in Thailand or some other S.E.Asian country! 🙂
Actually, Dien Bien Phu was a major battle in Vietnam that drove the French out of the country.