Rediscovering My Writing Dream

In the first year of my retirement, when our four grandchildren were younger and I was more ambitious, I vowed to write a children’s book and dedicate it to them. A car ride with three of the children suggested an outline for the story—it would be the story of a five-year-old boy who was enjoying an afternoon with his cousins and grandparents but also wished he was at home playing with his baby sister. He wanted to be in two places at once.

How could he do that? In my story, a magic car wash would be filled with bristly brushes, spurting hoses, and foaming soap in a long, narrow tunnel. While the car and its passengers were being pulled along the car wash rails, the occupants, guided by a giant rooster (don’t ask) could amazingly be in two places simultaneously. Thanks to the magic car wash, the young lad could travel with his cousins in the car and play with his sister at home, all at the same time.

The grandkids loved the idea — especially the rooster — so much that I decided to take the next step: attending a free online seminar teaching how to write, edit, and publish a children’s book. The seminar speaker, Miss L, promised penning and illustrating a bestseller would be easy, especially if I signed up for some of her (not free) advanced seminars and tutorials.

That seminar was months ago. Despite nearly daily emails from Miss L reminding me that “today is the day to start my writing voyage,” my project has fallen by the wayside, buried beneath other priorities and responsibilities.

The kids haven’t forgotten though. They continue to ask me if I have written about our special car wash. Barb gives me an occasional nudge too.

But nothing has sparked my motivation—until today, that is. Today the universe sent me a sign that the time for writing is now.

How do I know some cosmic force is telling me to write my book? What is the sign?

Every morning my inbox contains a new “Word of the Day.” Sometimes it’s a word I know, sometimes it’s a word I only think I know, and sometimes it’s a new word for my lexicon.

Today’s word was a newbie for me, Isochronous. The definition of isochronous? Why, it’s multiple events occurring at the same time! Just like the story I want to tell in my book.

Thanks to that little push, I think I am ready to get to work. After all, I now have a working title: The Isochronous Self-Service Filling Station and Car Wash! I know Miss L, Barb, and the grandchildren will be delighted that I am finally getting started.

Kids and blog readers, look for it soon at bookstores and/or gas stations near you. It’s going to be big!

What are your unfulfilled ambitions? I’d like to know what our readers yearn for. Leave a comment, or send them to me at lesrraffblogger@myyahoo.com.