PORCH PONDERINGS

My life in five minutes

What would you write if you had five minutes to write your life story? Well, that was the challenge at my writing group some months ago.

Here is what I wrote:
Story of my life
I was the first born, but my parents were the babies of their families. So I pretty much ruled the roost, or so I've been told.

Stubborn, willful, mind of my own. Bossed everyone around. Then I had children, and the cycle was repeated.

I lead with my heart. Married three times, and now, finally, have reached a point where I have my feet on the ground at times. But my husband has to constantly pull me back to earth. My balloon keeps wanting to fly off in all directions.

I am unique, as are all people. Once we are gone, may we leave our memory of who we were.

Yep, that was it. Five minutes to sum up decades of life. No easy task. Some wrote the usual, I lived here, I did this, I did that. But I want to be known for more than that. I hope people remember me for more than simple facts.