Thursday, September 12, 2013

I've been a word person all my life.  I talked before I walked and woulds sit for hours if someone read to me.  When I was 4ish, my Uncle Steve was convinced I could read because I was holding a book and reciting it from memory to my brother.  

I remember when I realized that  could actually read.  First grade, Beulah Elementary, Mrs. Price's first grade class.  We were in reading group reading about Alice, Jerry and Jip, their dog.  I just went ahead of the group turning pages, then got scolded when It was my turn because I wasn't in the correct place in the story to read aloud.

The joke in my home now is "Jennifer will never say something in five words if 25 or more will do."  

You know statistics show that the average woman uses about 20,000 words per day while the average man uses significantly less.  Since I don't get out much now--more about that some other time--you will get the words that I can't spread to my family.

I like alliterations, puns, and double meanings to phrases.  You can expect a lot of those.  I don't like talking heads that misuse language in an effort to be important. I've never posted on Twitter because 140 characters is too confining.  
I do know that God is perfecting me because not every word that comes into my mind now comes out of my mouth.  Also, before I post something to Facebook, I do check to see if I would be uncomfortable if my daddy or my daughter read it.  Pretty good check.

I don't know if anyone will read this.  If you do I hope you are entertained, get a chuckle, or find something to think about.

Till the next words come Jen