DOORS
What’s your password?
She rolled her eyes
A news story opened up a Google search
A hundred different fan sites
Humility opens doors
That foolish pride shut in her face.
It’s tough finding genuine souls
Found one? Hang on to them!
Eva Santiago copyright 2013
Altered Book/ CERTAIN GIRLS/Jennifer Weiner
On this category I will feature Eva’s Notable Notes; observations I make about life in general.
SPONGES
My goal as a writer is to be a sponge. What do sponges do? They rest until someone uses them. They absorb. They soak up. Once they are soaked they are wrung out so they can soak some more. As a writer I soak in everything I can that’s going on around me; making mental notes of bits of conversations I’ve heard. I jot down things in my note book that I’ll use later on. I don’t ever want to be a dried up sponge as those serve no purpose; eventually dried sponges disintegrate and are thrown out.
9 LITTLE DANCERS
Nine little dancers all in a row,
up,up releve 
down, down, plie,
touch your toes.
I enjoy hanging my family’s laundry out to dry on a clothes line my husband made by the side of our house. I live in the desert so in the summer the clothes are air dried in a matter of minutes. For years I have done this and I want to share some of the things I muse over in my mind as I talk to God while I hang the clothes.
Hey God, I ‘m so glad you meet me out here as I do this because I don’t feel so alone in this heat. Please tell the annoying wind to stop blowing so hard b/c I’ll get sand on these fresh clean clothes…Thanks! ( As the wind quiets) 🙂
You are so cool God! You have given my family and I so many blessings that when I sit down to write them all I run out of paper. Since you bless me so much in big and little ways everyday; feel free to tell me what I can do for you today to make you smile.
Thanks for letting me write JR’s story. A long time ago I had a t-shirt that said: ” Speak for those who can’t speak for themselves” printed on the front of it. Well I never forgot that and ever since You have been blessing me for doing just that.
Ok, I’ll be back with the next load. It’ll be the whites; since it’s pretty big load, I’ll be out here more with you God. Thanks for hearing me and as always I look forward to our next chat! Chao!
Eva Santiago 