Now what?

Two words ~ Now what?  What does this mean?  Well, here I am having made my profile and trying to figure out where to start to *blog*. Being some what computer illiterate, and trying to be proficient at navigating myself  around my blog, organizing the layout etc. I came to the conclusion, *Now what do I blog about*?

My mind tends to travel faster than my fingers or my mouth,  my thoughts can be interspersed with other ideas or questions and as fast as you can say *squirrel*, I have switched directions again, one thing triggering another.  Anyone who knows me, will often here me say, *To make a long story short...*, then I am off onto another story,which at the time I feel is relevant to the first with details and more detailing; the old saying, *One things leads into another* comes to mind.  Where the hell did this come from?  For me, I can go in depth with a conversation, an explanation of circumstance or give detailed accounts for direction, with the *Why's* and *What fors*, so to make a long story, short...here it is....everyone is entitled to their opinion, it is a Free Country.

So *Why* do you ask? Or maybe you haven't but I'm going to share anyway! It stems from the time I was small, coming home from school and my mother would want me to recount the days activities. *What did you do at school today*?  My reply, *Stuff*, this as far as I was concerned the end of the conversation for me ~ Not so with my mother.  *What sort of stuff*? And the volley of words would continue with a one word answer, *Math*.  Of course that was not a reasonable explanation, *What sort of Math*? my mother would ask.  *Addition & subtraction*. Again not good enough, *What did you do after math*?  And so it would continue until she had wrung every little detail of my 5.5 hours spent at school from my tired, overloaded brain. This wonderful trait transcended into me torturing my own children with this same process.  One word answers were not enough information.

With my children having had to put up with me inheriting this trait unbeknownst to them I have passed it on to them.  They may not know it yet, but I see it. (hee hee)  Not only grilling them on their days activities but what they thought of their day, and what is now going on in their everyday lives. I hope that one day they will recognize this as a good thing. (I honestly have a vested interest in them)  I have been told this is good for the brain and in remembering details. ( Maybe that is why I am good with directions and name recalls.)  Many times I have heard my kids say to someone, *I have a question*, then proceed to ask it.  For me, at least I know that they are not afraid to ask.  If you don't understand or you want an answer - *ASK* for it.  Yes it is like pulling teeth, but communication is the key, and if we can grasp what might be in those minds we may have a better understanding of the person, who and what they are and the direction they may be heading, or we may just wake a sleeping giant.  We just may learn a thing or two.  You be the judge!