Midnight Train to Georgia - Bloom Where Planted

Bloom Where Planted

Midnight Train to Georgia

6/20/2019

What does one do when the kids go to their dad's house for a couple of overnights?

Well. For starters, you take an uninterrupted soak in the tub for 1-1/2 hours and don't even feel guilty about it. Silence is a precious commodity, after all. Then, throwing caution to the wind, you heat up your fancy-sounding leftovers (last night's risotto) in cheap Styrofoam, making a mental note to be sure and buy more disposable dishes next time you're out and about. You gather together last month's Marie Claire and that overdue library book you've yet to finish. You settle in under the covers and look around at your new life, the life that looks different than it did a year or maybe 6 months ago. Then...then you put on some Gladys Knight and the Pips and give thanks for what good you know lies ahead, even if the good still seems a thousand miles away.

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My name is Elizabeth, and I come bearing gifts. I have a story to tell, you see. Several stories, really. I joke that writing is cheaper than therapy, and it is true that writing has been life-changing for me in so many ways.

I want you to feel free to click the YouTube arrow to play the music while you're indulging yourself here. Go ahead, put it on loop for the time it takes you to read the entire passage. I promise, you won't be sorry. Why, I listen on loop as I write these memories, these scenarios, these monumental lessons of my life. You know, so I can feel the music inside of me. It is my belief that we, all of us, have memories linked to the things we love most: Beauty, Food, Scent, Touch, and Sound.

With this blog, it is my intention to honor those memories through the five senses. We will explore together a little bit of art, food, smelly-goods, tactile pleasures, and melodies that take us allllll back, all the way back. I invite you to come along for the drive, so to speak, because I have lots to talk about. And of course, as someone who wants to be your friend, I want to know how you feel, too, because in kindergarten we learned that this is how a friendship works...give and take. Are you with me?

Alrighty then. Let's Do This!

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