What I Have Learned - Take Thirty

I have learned that writing from my heart usually involves the subject of my children.


Blue

You stand there and I cannot believe how grown up you are. I remember bringing you home from the hospital in your little blue outfit. You had the biggest cheeks, the sweetest smile. Your very existence was like a dream come true. My entire life I had wanted nothing more than to be a mother, and here I was, holding this beautiful little boy in my arms. From head to toe, you were absolutely perfect. A bundle of love wrapped in a blanket, with a stocking cap on your head. I had wished for a healthy beautiful boy, and was blessed with your presence. When we brought you in the house, even the kitty was in awe of you. That day was sweet, sentimental, and even a bit scary. I was so unbelievably excited, so overwhelmingly in love, and so completely taken with you. That amazing newborn baby smell was absolutely heavenly. I wanted to hold you in my arms forever and never let you go. Here were are, thirteen years later. Yet, I will always see you as that little baby, the one all wrapped in blue.





Here were the instructions:
It’s a 15-sentence, one-paragraph portrait, a popular writing exercise developed by the late Wendy Bishop. Think of a person you know, and this exercise will focus on them.

First, for the title, pick either a color or emotion that represents this person to you. You won’t mention the person by name in this story.

Begin your first sentence, with one of these phrases:
* You stand there …
* No one is here …
* In this (memory, dream, photograph [choose any one]), you are . . .
* I think sometimes..
Then, follow these rules for the next 14 sentences.
2: Write a sentence with a color in it.
3: Write a sentence with a part of the body in it.
4. Write a sentence with a simile.
5. Write a single sentence [no joining of two or more sentences by a semi-colon or by coordinating conjunctions] of exactly 25 words.
6. Write a sentence of exactly eight words.
7. Write a sentence with a piece of clothing in it.
8. Write a sentence with a wish in it.
9. Write a sentence with an animal in it.
10. Write a sentence in which three or more words of the same part of speech [nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs] alliterate.
11. Write a sentence with two and only two commas properly/normally used.
12. Write a sentence with a smell in it.
13. Write a sentence that could carry an exclamation point (!), a sentence that you might normally put an exclamation point in, but do not use the exclamation point.
14. Write a sentence that connects in some way to the first line.
15. Write a sentence to end this portrait that uses the exact word you chose for the title.