Freewriting prompt: When I was little, the thing I loved to do most....
was to make pies and cakes. Any kind of pies or cakes. I had one of those easy bake ovens, and when I would go outside to play, I would take all the 'cook ware' out with me, and make mud pies and cakes. I don't really remember if I had a muffin pan too. But then I would set them all out on a board on top of my wagon, and I had my own little 'store'. Of course, my mother would have a fit when she saw how muddy I was.
Prompts for the week:
How did you feel about your name when you were a child?
I hated it. For one thing, everyone called me Annie, so i got stuck with "annie get your guns", "little orphan annie", and "annie oakley". Then when I got a little older and I decided that everyone should call me by my proper name...Anna. Well, then I became Anna Banana. No matter what I did, I couldn't get away from it. Then to top it all off, I feel like Anna is such a boring name. I vowed to give my children non boring names.
Is there a story behind your name?
As a young girl, I used to fantasize that my mother named me after a very distant cousin perhaps....Princess Anne, or Anna from Siam. But alas, there is no story behind it at all. I don't even know how she even came up with it. I on the other hand chose some more colorful names for my children: Suzanne Marie, Jacqueline Renee, and Randi Lea..
If your life were a song, what would it be called and why?
I would have to say Bohemian Rhapsody. The reason I chose this one is because the tempo and beat of the song reminds me of a roller coaster. And that is exactly what my life has been...one very long roller coaster I would call the Hotel California.
If you were to watch a movie about your life, who would star as you?
I would have to say Sally Field. She did Sybil, and that would qualify her to be able to portray all the different episodes of my life with some believability.
How old would you like to be when you die, and why?
Now this is assuming that I want to die in the first place. Perhaps I want to live to be a thousand years old so I can be the oldest matriarch in existence. I would like to live long enough to see world peace, the end of hunger, enlightenment, and to outlive my husband (that is the ultimate payback isn't it?). But I also would like to live long enough that my children are mature enough and in tune with themselves to be able to handle the loss better than I did the loss of my own mother.
