Let's Take it From the Top

For years, people have told me I ought to commit my story to writing.  I suppose it makes sense, since it can be rather confusing following my convoluted ramblings of my personal history.  The added benefit is that it may cut down on the number of times I have to tell the tale, and add to clarity among those who really are curious for whatever reason how I came to be . . . well . . . me.

By way of disclaimer, I ought to state a few things right at the outset.  First, I do not claim to be particularly adept at telling my own tale.  Secondly, I'm not entirely sure why anyone other than those closest to me would care.  So a public forum really (honestly) isn't some bizarre egocentrism playing out.  Rather, it is a place for accountability for me among those who read.  Knowing there may be people who await the next episode (so to speak) of my life in written form may help keep me motivated to write.  Writer's block, I'm told by my dual English/Theater major daughter, is really either fear or laziness.

I should probably also explain that I have done this before.  I began writing the story of my life on my laptop while on a plane years ago.  I desperately wish I knew where that file was, but I have been unable to find it.  This blog will serve as my personal "back-up," so to speak, of what I write.  I'm hoping it will be a bit harder to misplace what is here for the world to see.  I know I still have over 90 pages of Myspace blog saved on my hard drive now, even after I deleted the Myspace page.  Perhaps someday I shall look at what I wrote there as well.

In the meantime, I am going to compile my best recollection of my story, aided to some degree by a few pages I have of my biological mother's recollections months before my birth.  I really have no idea how long this will be by the time I'm done.  I'm torn between hoping it will be brief enough someone will actually read it, and hoping I will recall enough specific details to make it interesting color commentary on a life thus far rather oddly lived.