Your date book’s overloaded,
your schedule just won’t bend,
but if you find a moment,
will you let me be your friend?
Don’t tout myself as perfect.
I’m never quite the same.
You’ll think you have my number,
then wonder, what’s her name?
But I will make you giggle when you’re sad,
listen to your woes,
or bake some bread.
I’m not so bad.
My outside’s like a magazine,
shiny, smooth, and slick.
I don’t expose the centerfold,
the part that makes me tick.
But I will make excuses if you’re wrong,
defend your smallest flaw.
We’ll work it out
if you belong.
I rarely show I’m frightened,
the little girl inside,
needing you to hug me.
Big girls never cry.
But I will pick you up if you should fall,
anywhere in the universe.
Get to a phone.
I’ll take the call.
I never say I’m lonely,
you’ll rarely see me bleed,
though I hunger for the touching,
the nurturing I need.
And although I may hint, cajole, scream, seduce, argue,
persuade, pout, scheme, manipulate, bully, convince,
agitate, compromise, or negotiate to get my own way,
I have a short attention span.
And I certainly wouldn’t let anyone else treat you like that.
You don’t have to sign a contract
until your earthly end.
But if it’s fun from month to month,
will you let me be your friend?
This is an excerpt from my book,
A WOMAN WITHOUT A MAN
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You are mining a rich vein at the moment. I am half way through your book which charts your passage out of the shock and despair of widowhood to your new life burgeoning with experience. You have had the presence of mind to capture it for us all.
Your book has saddened me, made me grin, and surprised me too. I applaud the honesty. Congratulations.
Twitter: miraclady
March 20, 2011 at 2:11 pm
Dear Chris -
WOW.
Coming from a successful international journalist like you, that is high praise.
I was so thrilled to get your comment and that you are reading my book.
Most of all, that you like it.
Thank you so much for your comment. It means the world to me.
Twitter: MichelleVan
March 20, 2011 at 6:20 pm
Every time you update with parts of your book it takes me back to laughing so hard I cried. Thanks for this quite update…..
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March 21, 2011 at 7:46 am
To clarify Corinne, this expert took me inside, to a ‘quieter place’ and I love that side of your book as well.
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Twitter: miraclady
March 23, 2011 at 2:46 pm
My dearest Michelle -
You have been my greatest promoter and friend.
From the very beginning. Before you even read the book.
(Twice now. Thank you!)
Now, as busy as you are – that is a good friend.
Twitter: makegirlfriends
March 20, 2011 at 8:30 pm
Hello My friend Corinne,
Excellent excerpt from your wonderful book – love it and such a heartfelt poem….see you soon and let’s do lunch in April…
Nancy
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March 22, 2011 at 3:49 pm
The book is great and thanks for taking me back to it. It does make one laugh and cry, sometimes both together. Hugs sweet lady. Debbie
Twitter: miraclady
March 22, 2011 at 5:51 pm
My dear Debbie -
That is life, after all, isn’t it. A combination of laughter and tears and sometimes both.
I would have to sum up my book as shamelessly honest. Many people have told me that I say things they dare not say, that I said it for them.
But what I said in the introduction is true. I was never sure it would ever become a book – so I just said things.
Thank you for being a shameless commentator. I love you for your honesty.
Wow. Corinne, you are such a talent. A sign of truly great writing is something you want to read again….which I shall do right now!
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March 23, 2011 at 2:24 pm
Thank you, Kathy. I love your wonka blog. Makes me laugh because I hve been involved with wonkas all my life.
They gravitate to me. No one normal.
Guess that says something about me, huh?
Corinne I hope that I am half the writer you are someday.
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March 23, 2011 at 2:31 pm
You are a wonderful writer, Amy.
Don’t sell yourself short.
I see my background raising four boy in every one of your posts. And they keep getting better all the time.
Remember, I have years (sniff!) on you. You get braver and take more chances as you keep writing.
I wish, on the other hand, I was half the mother you are. I was a single mom and working all the time. Sometimes, seven days a week. I missed a lot.
Fortunately, my guys don’t remember that part.
It is a blessing.
It was suggested in a piece I read recently by Thich Nhat Hanh that we may have more stability by ourselves than when we were with a partner. Another person coming into our lives could destroy that stability. He says it is important to take refuge in yourself recognising the stability you already have.
Coming out of a relationship last April, this has proved food for thought for me. I thought that now I was incomplete but perhaps it isn’t so.