Recently, I was asked to proofread (or "beta" read, as it is called in the ebooks "world") for one of my favorite authors. It was really neat to be able to read a book before everyone else got their hands on it! I'm excited to do it again, and another author came to me to beta read for her, too. She has a very different voice than the first author, so it's really neat to see and read another person's work. She has since sent me a few short stories from her own personal experiences. Some had me in stitches while others had me in tears; I can SO relate to them!
I asked her to take a look at my blog and give me her opinion (good OR bad!) on it. She gave me a really good idea, and a direction to go in.
Stories.
Stories of my family, from my Dad's generation to now. Listen folks, that's a LOT of stories! I could tell the one about the boys shooting the capons, or the one about the boys killing the flowers, or the one about the boys wanting to try out a home made parachute (I just noticed I have stories about mostly the boys, huh?)
Is that what I'm good at? Telling stories? If so, I get that honestly. My Dad is a wonderful storyteller. Strange how the Lord works sometimes, isn't it? I mean, this man, my Daddy, never graduated from high school. He dropped out in the 11th grade. Why? Because he didn't want to get up in front of the class to give an oral book report. Now? He preaches. Oh, he's not an ordained minister, but if you come to the farm and can catch him when he's not running around like a chicken with his head cut off trying to get the beans in or the corn cut, he will talk to you. And he will talk to you. And if he thinks you need it, he will preach to you. He teaches Sunday School class at church, and once a month goes to one of the nursing homes in the area and preaches there for the residents. This man, who was too shy to give a book report. He'll tell you (and I will too) that is ALL from God.
So, I'll start telling stories. Not just on my own children, but try to get family stories written down.
Are you ready for this, Lehman family?
