![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Moving stories are about change.” I think that my story of driving on the broken road has moved me to really consider the path of change that has happened in my life. Like David Michael Slater shared in today’s PiBoIdMo post above, “Stories that last are stories that move us. When life throws change at me, it is worth noticing that we should also slow down, proceed carefully, prudently and methodically. I will move forward to the things which are ahead like Paul told us to do in Philippians 3:13: My hope is that the road will be fixed at some point, but until then, I will drive slowly, carefully, prudently and methodically. Usually, though, I forget and then it dawns on me when I see the intersection with the jagged road top. If I remember as I am driving from my house to the beginning of the neighborhood, sometimes, I have gone a different way to avoid most of the major potholes and ditches. I do not look forward to driving on the road. It has been this time of experiencing the dug up road that has made me ponder change. The tops of the manholes will show but my car won’t run me off the road or into oncoming traffic when I drive over them. When the road gets repaved hopefully tomorrow, the drive will be smooth again. I realize that the manholes can’t be dug up because they serve a purpose, but boy, do they get your attention! If you hit the manhole, you will experience a huge jerk and you may even be forced into oncoming traffic which is quite dangerous. I have noticed, though, that a worker has outlined each manhole which juts out of the broken pavement with hot pink paint. The change in the road’s condition has been a nuisance, especially since the rain has prevented the workers from beginning the laying of new asphalt. You can barely drive without dipping into a hole and feeling your car bump up and down. As people have driven on the road, their wheels combined with the condition of the road, have broken huge chunks out of the road and potholes have formed. It turns out, though, that there has been rain all week, some of it heavy and some just steady light rain. They were waiting for workers to return and run them on Monday. Instead, the road sat with huge orange metal machines just waiting on the sides of the road. The first time that I drove on this changed road was on Saturday afternoon and hoped, at the time, that they would resurface the road on Sunday. It can change plans.įive days ago on a Saturday, the Department of Transportation, decided to dig up the asphalt that leads to my neighborhood. When change occurs, it can be a big deal. I look forward to collecting ideas for picture books this month, but for today, I’d like to just talk a bit about change. “Stories that last are stories that move us. In today’s guest author post, David Michael Slater, shared a poignant comment about stories: Her website has daily tips in November from Picture Book authors to help inspire writers to jot down 30 ideas for a picture book during the month. They are gathered by Tara Lazar, children’s book author. Today, I joined a special group of writers. In addition, I want to always connect to readers so I chose a topic that affects all of us: Change. I knew that I would like for other writers to see my posts so I thought that I would join them. I needed to think about the readers who would read this post. ![]() In my WordPress Blogging 101 course, my assignment for today was to publish a post I’d like my ideal audience member to read, and include a new-to-me element in it like a picture or video. ![]()
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