Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Writer's Workshop...my very first

Hanging around with Mamakat and her Writer's Workshop this week...I haven't done one of these since Mrs. Welcome's English class in high school!

Prompt: Describe a time when you had difficulty communicating with someone who speaks a different language than you.

Ummm...I don't know what you're saying.

I don't know what you're saying either.

Oh God...how am I going to do this?

Okay. (sigh) Try. Try again. You can do this...you need this.

Okay, good...stay on...stay on...be happy...stay on.

Okay, your turn.

There you go...you're doing it!

Oh no...I lost you.

Come on...please. I don't know how to make you do this.

Good...keep it up...ahhhh...this is nice. Well, as nice as this can get, right?

Oh, you're finished already?

Okay...what do I do now?

What? What are you so upset for? It's okay!

What do you want? What do you need? I don't get it. I don't understand...

Please tell me...when will you be able to tell me what you need? I can't stand this. I can't do this. I am getting desperate. I just don't know anything!!!

No, you are not going to cry...I will do something.

What can I do? I'm stuck! I'm totally stuck! I have to keep trying.

I'm broken...I'm still broken. I thought after all of this, I'd be fixed, but I'm not.

I can't do anything right.

I need help. There's no one here. There's no one to call. I don't know what to do.

Okay, deep breath.

One step at a time. One then the next. That's the way it has to be. One then the next.

There is no other way.

There you go...you're fine...okay, now you're fine. Okay, now I'm fine. We're fine...we're all fine.

It passed...the horrible hopeless moment passed.

I can do this. I can do this for the rest of my life. One and then the next. That's how it will be.

What's next?

I can do this. One and then the next...


Mama's Losin' It