I did the unthinkable. Standing at the checkout counter at my favorite local "we sell everything" market, I picked up a magazine and I began to read. I had little intention to toss a $4.50 magazine into my grocery cart. I was sadly in the midst of fracturing one of my very own golden rules. Reading a magazine without buying it is up there with pirating music and videos, white lies and sins of omission. A faux pas to be sure!
Snap - I saw it: Word Art! The cover of "O's" February issue beckoned to me like a snake to a Burmese snake charmer. Lucky as a shiny penny, I was, I was. The lady ahead of me was trying to make a WIC purchase and had picked out all the wrong items. She proceeded to march in and out of the aisles exchanging one brand for another. The folks behind me were hissing like that very same aforementioned Burmese cobra. Any other day, I would have been doing the WIC jig, but there I was completely captivated; Express Yourself.
Inspired by Larry Smith's Challenge in the Smith Magazine, Ashley Williams, Senior Editor to the Oprah Magazine, gave birth to a brilliant article: "You...in Six Words."
Dana Tanamachi, http://www.danatanamachi.com/, added Chalk art to bring the message to life. I was having the best time while WIC lady did the grocery shuffle.
My top faves are:
Fat. Thin. Fat. Thin. Fat. Thin.
I have time to fix this.
Still fit into high school earrings.
Every twenty years, I reinvent myself.
Sorry I'm not married yet, Mom.
*Might as well eat that cookie
Paula Deen.
(Paula may be rethinking this one since she was recently diagnosed with some form of Diabetes.) Her new memoir may read:
Cookie jars for sale. Contact Paula.
I knew my six word memoir immediately as I have been saying the very same six words since I could speak:
Ana: always
same forwards
and backwards.
I bought the magazine, after all. For more memoirs see: oprah.com/memoirs or share more memoirs at smithmag.net. What are your six words?
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