TouchedByMadness

Memoir, Abridged

If you’ve known me for any length of time, you are probably aware that I’m not one to embrace memes (that’s a hint never to tag me unless you enjoy being disappointed). However, there are exceptions to every rule. In this case, I found the Six-Word Memoir Meme (which I discovered over at A Curious State of Affairs . . .) too thought-provoking and fun to skip.

The inspiration for the meme came from the book Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Famous and Obscure Writers, which in turn was based on an anecdote that Hemingway once bet ten dollars that he could sum up his life in just six words. His memoir was reduced to: For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.

Tending to be wordy myself, compressing my whole life into such a short span seems a worthy challenge.

Now, if you’re a regular reader of TouchedByMadness (or its previous incarnations), you’ve read many of my memoirs already and have most likely realized that if no one else, I amuse myself.

So, as the animated storyteller who may never truly convey to her audience the vibrance and hilarity of each tale, I think my life is best summed up with:

Yeahhhhh . . . you had to be there.

If you want to play too, here’s what to do:

1. Write your own six-word memoir.
2. Post it on your blog and include a visual illustration if you’d like.
3. Link to the person who tagged you in your post and to this original post if possible so we can track it as it travels across the blogosphere.
4. Tag five more blogs with links. (If you must.)
5. And don’t forget to leave a comment on the tagged blogs with an invitation to play!