Offer (Five Minute Friday)

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What do I have to offer? I have the wisdom that comes with fifty plus years of experience. I have a few tried and true recipes. I have raised two terrific kids who are both past the quarter-century mark now, and NO, that doesn’t make me feel old. I have my opinions. I have the ability to learn new things, and relatively quickly, too, I might add. I have the ability to write about the things I have learned and share them with the younger generation right here on this blog. Not that I really think they will bother to read what I have written, but if nothing else, anything posted on the internet begins to live a life of its own. Perhaps through that life that my words live on the internet, perhaps I can make a difference in this world, if not today, then someday. Perhaps someday when I have gone on to my heavenly reward, and my kids find themselves missing me and wondering what Mom would do or say, they will also remember that I was always posting on that little blog of mine, and search for the link I sent them in an email once. That link that they always meant to follow and read if for no other reason than to see what I might have written about them and whether they should be mortified or not.

In reality, my words might well disappear after I am no longer around to renew the domain registration and pay for the hosting. But for now, I offer the words I write to the world at large in hopes that they can make a difference in at least one person’s life with each post I write, for that alone would make life worth living and writing worth writing now wouldn’t it? The little experiment I started on a whim one weekend when Hubby was out of town and nobody was around to tell me I shouldn’t or couldn’t or dare me by saying I wouldn’t. I guess I’ve written enough by now to have proven them wrong anyway. Who knew I had so much to say?

This little blog didn’t take off quite like I hoped it would, but then perhaps I could have put a lot more effort into publicizing it. Sometimes, the only way I have the nerve to post a particular piece is by telling myself that almost nobody reads the posts anyway and the few that do won’t likely get to the end of my lengthy posts and they won’t make the effort to post if they do, so I write what moves me and post it hoping it will reach the one person who really needed to read what that particular post had to offer to the world.

If you read my posts, please do me the great favor of letting me know. You needn’t leave a comment, just shoot me an email or use the contact form and it will just get seen by little old me and brighten my day. If I have reached you with just the right message on this particular day, I am pleased. Thanks for reading and have a blessed day.

This post is part of the weekly Five Minute Friday link-up!
The prompt this week is: Offer
The assignment: Write for five minutes on the word of the week. This is meant to be a free write, which means: no editing, no over-thinking, no worrying about perfect grammar or punctuation. Just write.

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