Who Controls The Narrative?

    I enjoy sitting down at the typewriter, or as we may call it, our personal computer!
    Especially when I have so much to say, and truly very little.
      In the morning hours, I was scanning my notes, random and reckless, to piece together a blog. ( I love this choppy sentence!! It amuses me!!)
    I firmly believe in jotting down thoughts.
    My family would tell you first hand, if paper and pen are not near me, there could be a problem.
    Who controls the narrative? In my story, Me!
    More importantly what I choose to share, is in my limited control. The universe has hold of the reins, and God, if you believe. ( She and I are still in talks, after you lose a child, your questions are bigger) ( Yes I believe that God has to be female, a man could never multi task that well)
 
     So today, I found this saying, Who Controls The Narrative, and I think Pat Conroy said it in one of his books. It was written right next to, Cage Fighting vs Global Warming and the vets phone number, and of course Pat Conroy's name is in the corner of that page. Also in big letters, Love, Loves, Loving, Loved, wonder what that is about???

   So many things, we as a people, need to write down and think about. I have lists on top of lists, of books to download, Movies to watch, tickets to order, doctors and dentists appointments, that should be transferred onto the calendar! My notebooks are a treasure trove of my narrative.

   This week, our Patti Duke died, our Valley of the Dolls girl, minus her headband. Memories flood the gates, when our past is truly passed.
    I had a visit for a physical, to have cataracts removed, and the Doctor said I need to see a cardiologist!
   " Well, of course I do, seeing all these doctors has caused my EKG to look wonky!" I huffed.
   Nothing to worry about, yet, so lets leave that part out!! My narrative.
One of our cats, Diana has diabetes, and corralling her to the vet, ( another reason for EKG abnormal report) is life altering!! This week has been all about her, two shots into her, and I will need to sell a kidney to pay for this animal, AND that would be another doctor!!!

   I just realized its only Wednesday, my life is large, hectic and full of laughter.
   I sit here, with a mask on in my house, because the pollen count is so high and I love having the doors and windows open!! The weather is beautiful, I want to feel it, even with a coat of yellow! ( God bless my cleaning people, who have been with me for almost twenty years!) It takes a village!

  There were two other things that recently spoke to me, maybe three.
           1. My parents still make me laugh, its nice
           2. Patti Duke died from the same thing my father had in October, Sepsis from a rip in your intestines. He survived, and he thinks it is pretty neat to now be associated with a Hollywood person! via a medical problem. ( my family! makes me laugh)
           3. I received an invitation to a rehearsal dinner and it was addressed with our names in lower case letters!! I was so happy, it looked beautiful and we don't always have to use upper case letters!!
( I cut our names out and put it on the fridge, seriously beautiful!)
           OK maybe four things......
          4. Humans of New York had wonderful Easter Parade pictures last week. One made me loudly laugh, about "Just Go With Howard" go online and look it up. I think I saw it on Facebook. I am going to steal that line and use it in my life. It is just perfect, " Just Go With Howard!" has so many meanings.

      And to think, I did not even think I had enough to write about.
      You control your narrative, its liberating! Make it special!!
       Thank you for trying to follow this hodge podge of delight.
 **The above picture is from the story of Just Go With Howard, the story did not print. So look it up! Humans of New York Easter Parade Stories, I found it!! It takes some time, but then you get to see so much more!!