Christopher Louis's Blog, page 6
April 2, 2016
30-day writing challenge Day 2
Today’s topic - My earliest memory.
One of my earliest memories is of a white high chair. I remember this chair for many reasons - I remember my mom trying to feed me beets in this chair and I also remember tipping it over and cracking my head (which required me to get stitches. I know that both of these events happened in our first house which we moved out of when I was around 4. I have other memories from this house, but when I think about my earliest, the chair always comes first.
30-day writing challenge
One of the writing sites I follow on Facebook posted this challenge and I thought, you know I might be able to keep up with this. Of course, I’m already a day late for this - but I am going to attempt to do make sure that doesn’t happen again. Fingers crossed.
Topic 1: Five problems with social media.
As much as I love social media, it does indeed have some drawbacks to it. Since I pulled this challenge from Facebook I am going to use it as my answer to my first problem.
1. People wanted to be my friend only because we went to the same high school. I see the fun in reliving the good ole days and wanting to reminisce, but I struggle when I get friend requests from people that I don’t remember or people that I was never friends with. Why would I want to be friends with you? We have absolutely nothing in common. What’s worst is that there have been people who have friended me because they are also friends with my brother and when I asked him who they are - he can barely tell me. Facebook is not a popularity contest; or at least not for me.
2. People feel the need to bully others. As someone who did get occasionally bullied in school, I find it even more horrible that people feel the need to do it online and many times do it anonymously. Bullying is never okay! We need to stop it where ever and when ever it happens.
3. Stop posting every mundane thing you do! I love to see people’s pictures from vacations or from interesting events they are attending. I also love to see and read about fun projects they might be working on. What drives me nuts is are posts or tweets like “I just did laundry” or “I am driving to work”. Okay? Was there something funny or scary about doing the laundry or the drive to work? There needs to be something else there.
4. Posting the same selfie every day! I am a fan of the selfie. It can be fun and goofy to document some great times. However, if you are going to take the same selfie pose, in the same spot every single day. At least do something different! I don’t need to see you doing the same duck lips and / or sexy pose in your hallway every day.
5. Forwarding stories or memes that say post this or your a racists, or un-American, or a horrible person. Really? If I don’t post the picture of an American flag I am anti-America? Or if I don’t re-post and type amen after I am a horrible person? Grow up. I have far more important things to do each day and there are far more important ways to know my political, religious, or my values.
So those are my five problems with social media!
March 27, 2016
Enjoyed the movie - but definitely think she was the best part!...
Enjoyed the movie - but definitely think she was the best part! Can’t wait for her movie now!
March 12, 2016
March 11, 2016
An absolutely lovely evening as the hubby and I ate a light...
An absolutely lovely evening as the hubby and I ate a light dinner and watched the sun set. Sadly it is our last night here at WDW, but filled with lots of memories.
March 9, 2016
Happy 20th / 1st (legal) anniversary to my wonderful husband...
Happy 20th / 1st (legal) anniversary to my wonderful husband Stacey!
The hubby and I are spending our anniversary in one of our...
The hubby and I are spending our anniversary in one of our favorite places in the world - Walt Disney World!
March 5, 2016
The hubby and I are off to the happiest place on earth to...
The hubby and I are off to the happiest place on earth to celebrate our upcoming anniversary!
March 3, 2016
My story - update
I’ve completed part one of my personal coming out story for my niece. I tried to write it more like an essay instead of a story. It was quite fun and as I prepare to start thinking about writing part two, the idea of sharing even more insight instead of just facts is extremely appealing. It was extremely freeing. I actually might post it here as well. Haven’t decided yet.
February 12, 2016
My story
Over the past couple of months I’ve been chatting a great deal with my niece who recently moved to California. It has been a fun way to keep it touch, but at the same time a little difficult. Text doesn’t always relate well to long paragraphs and trying to understand true emotion that is being shared is not easy. This has especially become difficult as she’s going through a lot of teen changes and has lots and lots of questions about things. Many I am more than happy to talk about, but some are well beyond my ability or knowledge. For 14 years old, she is highly intelligent and incredibly thirsty to learn and know things.
One of the hardest topics that has come up lately is that she is really interested in hearing my coming out story. I love that she is so open minded and interested in hearing about it, and I want to share it with her - but text doesn’t work. There are so many nuances and things I want to share (and a couple that a 14 year old really doesn’t need to know) - but the time difference and text just isn’t the right format. I’ve offered to write it for her, but I think she feels that I am putting her off and not interested in sharing.
Though it is also two fold for me - not only do I want to share with her my journey, it is also an opportunity for me to reexamine a really important stage in my life. Even just thinking about how different it is now compared to then - its amazing how far I’ve come and how far acceptance has come. It is important to honor that time and the journey I had to take not just to be honest to myself, but honest to those I loved and cared about.
To me, this is just another step in my evolving endeavor to grow, learn, and truly love the person I am.
