writing assignment

MY LIFE IN THIRTY WORDS

Good girl.

“I’ll show you!”

Married the wrong kind.

Three kids, divorces, moves.

Checkered career. Milton Center.

Retired. Grandchildren. Nashville. Cohousing.

Healing. Wrote stuff. Book. Blog. Got old. Starting over.

MY LIFE IN TEN WORDS

Praise be!

My cup runs over

Clarity

Healing

Hard Start

MY LIFE IN THREE WORDS

Help! Thanks! Wow!

I got this as a writing assignment at a retreat in Bennington, Vermont, and I've given it several times. In schools, there is always the smart-ass kid, usually a boy, who writes, "Born. Lived.Died."

The birthdate and the death date goes without saying, although you don't know your death date. What's interesting is the hyphen between the dates, either what it's been so far or what you imagine.