99

Tonight I am deeply moved and inspired by a boy who never spoke. Eliot was born with Trisomy 18 also called Edward’s syndrome.  It is due to the presence of an extra chromosome and is usually fatal with most babies dying before birth or if they do make it past birth, only live for a few days.  An extremely small percentage can live at least one year. Now I know, at least in Australia, that down syndrome screening in the first trimester is a standard procedure and if the baby is found to have this condition, then the parents can choose to terminate the pregnancy. Eliot’s parents, Matt & Ginny decided to go ahead with the pregnancy and Eliot was born.  He lived 99 days.

Life is so precious. Ginny said: I was going to be happy.  I would be sad later. She chose to cherish those moments and live in them with baby Eliot and be happy even though any tomorrow could have brought his passing. Matt and Ginny celebrated every day Eliot lived.

It’s all in the attitude, people.  I know you’ve heard this before, but there’s something in living every day as if it was your last.  Don’t worry about your tomorrows.  Live for your todays. We’re so lucky to have more than 99.

You can check out Eliot’s inspiring blog here.

Obsessed

Mariah Carey and Eminem. An unlikely pair.  But they briefly dated.  Eminem who clearly didn’t get over the break up wrote in his ‘Bagpipes from Baghdad’ song:

‘Mariah, what ever happened to us, why did we have to break up… Nick Cannon (Mariah’s husband) better back the fuck up. I’m not playing, I want her back, you punk.’

Mariah’s response: ‘I was like, why are you so obsessed with me?” She further responded with Obsessed, the new single from her upcoming album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel.  It features lyrics like: You’re delusional, boy, you’re losing your mind … Why are you so obsessed with me? Lying that you’re sexing me.’ Although her director denies it, the video is a clear jab at Eminem where Mariah impersonates him, by copying his moves and dressing up exactly like him right down to the baggy pants.

I remember the 80s and early 90s Mariah.  That girl had class. Now, she’s become soft-porn Touch My Body Mariah.  I don’t think Eminem is obsessed with Mariah.  Clearly, she’s obsessed with herself.

I’m not a huge Eminem fan, but I much prefer his video and song, Beautiful. What do you think?

Words

You did not see me
Watching you from the shadows
You huddled in the dusty light
Silently crying with trembling fingers
Caressing the pieces of my soul
Laid bare upon the pages
Preserved in plastic
And bound in words
You mouthed as if in divine prayer
You would not let me go

Maybe
Somewhere
You still read my words
Yet
You do not see me
In the shadows
Silently crying with trembling fingers
Caressing the pieces of your soul
Laid bare upon the pages
Bound in tears
All the words you said
And all the words I could not say
When you let me go

In the beginning my words spoke fairy tales to a young girl who listened while everyone slept.  Words that have always craved an audience.  So here I am, after my last blog dwindled away to lazy whispers in a ghost town.

I don’t particularly know what this blog is about.  Musings about everything.  Nothing.  I only know that I am a writer that sends words forth in the hope that she’ll connect with someone out there.