Inspired by Karen Singer

I have never Blogged before because there wasn't anything that inspired me enough to write about it. 

Last weekend I finished reading the story by Karen Singer named "The Bet."  I grew up with ADD before it was called ADD.  With that said, reading for anything other than information was not something I did.  Not even in school would I read the books assigned. 

Last Saturday I finished reading "The Bet."  I read it in every bit of the spare time I had. I finished it in two months.  Anyone who has read it knows how long it is and how great it is.

Karen wrote as if she was pulling visions out of my head.  It turned out that I became obsessed with the whole story line.  I felt so many emotions I never had felt from reading.  I feel like I lived those two months in the story.  When I finished it, I was kinda sad.  I didn't want it to end. 

Karen stated that there will be no sequel.  After spending four years writing a story I can understand the need to get away from it.  I only hope she changes her mind.  For fun I mapped out the ten month between the end of the bet and their house warming party.  Who knows, maybe I will become a good enough writer to do something with it someday. I know it wouldn't hold a candle to Karen's writing ability.

So, I wrote a short story myself.  It's called "Getting a Nanny."  It is somewhat in the same context of "The Bet" only because that was my world long before I read "The Bet."  I have never written a story before.  I have a creative mind just never had the focus.  Thank God for med's.  I do plan on posting my story here.  I know the grammar needs a real going over and I will do that before I post it.

I am fortunate that my wife of twenty five years knows about all of me and has for years.  We are still best friends and still in love.  I am lucky. 

On occasions she will bring my two year old baby girl out for a weekend. Talk about letting go of stress. She is not a dominant person so I don't really have an outlet for humiliation but I guess we can't have it all.

My goal on this first post is to share some of my creativity when it happens and make some friends.  I would especially love to get to know Karen.  I have to say she is an inspiration to me.