Lizzie, I very much enjoyed your essay. Funny, sharp, twisty, emotive. And the turtle and tank hidden metaphors. Coming out of your shell, finding a new tank when the prior life has tanked. Anyway, that's what I heard.
Your killer last sentence, "Memoir isn't what happened to you; it's what you made of what happened to you." reminded me of this silly, frivolous poem I wrote a while back entitled Memoir Musings. Perhaps you will find it entertaining if not illuminating.
Love the ending. Lots of lol moments described, but the ending is moving, tender and lovely!!
Thanks mom!
Lizzie, I very much enjoyed your essay. Funny, sharp, twisty, emotive. And the turtle and tank hidden metaphors. Coming out of your shell, finding a new tank when the prior life has tanked. Anyway, that's what I heard.
Your killer last sentence, "Memoir isn't what happened to you; it's what you made of what happened to you." reminded me of this silly, frivolous poem I wrote a while back entitled Memoir Musings. Perhaps you will find it entertaining if not illuminating.
Memoir Musings
Memoir is the fiction
Of our lifes,
But,
I should not
generalize.
Still, it's so like me
To hypothesize
While, in truth,
I prefer to procrastinize.
Our eyes are filled
With sties.
Some write
Of pain and lies,
Others fill their pages
With cries
of desires
Beyond their powers.
So I say
Don't delay
Meet the day
With your own unique
Lifetime of hours.
And lies.
Look at these views and there really is so much parking!
I remember this one. Great writing.
Funny as hell.
Great that you are on the other side of all that. xo
Thanks, Cathy!