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puppetmakerI really never thought of myself as tall. I am 5’ 10 ½” in my stocking feet currently. And according to that, I am considered tall. I know I am taller than most people and that had been useful over the years. But I also have a lot of friends who are taller than me so I don’t feel so tall. It was only after I married Peter and we had the running gag about one of the reasons he married me was that I could reach stuff on the top shelf without a stepladder that I started considering myself tall.
Last night at the final performance of the Little Mermaid, the director was reading a list of folks to be thanked for their help and she thanked me for the puppets. One of the parents I was standing next to said to me that they loved the puppets and I was very talented. I thanked her for the compliment. I didn’t say you should see what my friends can do. It took me a while to accept the word talented when it came to my puppet work. Probably because I know so many people who are better at this than I am. But over the years I have improved and have gotten to the point in my abilities that they were at when I met them so to the younger set I am now the talented one. I am still learning from other puppeteers but I now know there are puppeteers learning from me and that makes me feel good.
Whew, word shut down on me and I was worried that this hadn’t saved and I didn’t want to try to reconstruct what I have been working on for the past half hour
I knew I could write but it was only since I got together with Peter that I starting seeing myself as a writer. I have learned that I can write and I am good at it. I can construct stories that other people want to read. And I got my first royalties check for my writing, which felt really good. I am a writer and I have something to say. I now feel comfortable enough to take the stories in my head and put them out there for others to comment on. And then there is this web log that I have regular readers for where I put out the things that come to mind for others to comment on or just read and reflect. This writing exercise over the years has made me a better writer over all.
Intelligent is an adjective I have felt comfortable being labeled with along with smart. I can thank my parents for that. Being intelligent was the norm around the house and you were praised for it. I have had people try to tear me down as too smart or too clever but I tend to diffuse that with agreeing with them, which takes the wind out of their sails. I am proud of my brain and what I can do with it.
I use to be ‘wise beyond her years’ but the years caught up so now I am just wise.
I am grateful for being tall.
Last night at the final performance of the Little Mermaid, the director was reading a list of folks to be thanked for their help and she thanked me for the puppets. One of the parents I was standing next to said to me that they loved the puppets and I was very talented. I thanked her for the compliment. I didn’t say you should see what my friends can do. It took me a while to accept the word talented when it came to my puppet work. Probably because I know so many people who are better at this than I am. But over the years I have improved and have gotten to the point in my abilities that they were at when I met them so to the younger set I am now the talented one. I am still learning from other puppeteers but I now know there are puppeteers learning from me and that makes me feel good.
Whew, word shut down on me and I was worried that this hadn’t saved and I didn’t want to try to reconstruct what I have been working on for the past half hour
I knew I could write but it was only since I got together with Peter that I starting seeing myself as a writer. I have learned that I can write and I am good at it. I can construct stories that other people want to read. And I got my first royalties check for my writing, which felt really good. I am a writer and I have something to say. I now feel comfortable enough to take the stories in my head and put them out there for others to comment on. And then there is this web log that I have regular readers for where I put out the things that come to mind for others to comment on or just read and reflect. This writing exercise over the years has made me a better writer over all.
Intelligent is an adjective I have felt comfortable being labeled with along with smart. I can thank my parents for that. Being intelligent was the norm around the house and you were praised for it. I have had people try to tear me down as too smart or too clever but I tend to diffuse that with agreeing with them, which takes the wind out of their sails. I am proud of my brain and what I can do with it.
I use to be ‘wise beyond her years’ but the years caught up so now I am just wise.
I am grateful for being tall.
