Category: writing prompts

If you could host a dinner and anyone you invite was sure to come, who would you invite?

I would invite the musical artist FKJ to play in the background. He would play the piano and the saxophone to really create the whole ambiance. His wife would come too because she has a few great songs too that I would encourage her to sing.

I would invite Akaine Kramarik. She is an incredible painter/artist who’s been having visions since she was 3 or 4. She painted The Prince Of Peace. Check out her story! I would invite her family too because I would love to hear how her visions and paintings shaped them.

I would invite Jim Carrey too. I love his insight and I know he would be making all of us laugh too. I know many think he’s weird, but I don’t.

I would also invite some cirque du soleil folks. There would be a show to entertain the guests.

I would invite Penn and Teller to perform a magical act. Penns an atheist so it would be super interesting to have him sit at the same table with Akaine. I would love to hear them talk to one another.

I would invite of course all family and friends. It would be an incredible party.

I’d probably also ask my closet family members and friends who they would want me to invite and I’d just invite them. Like I know my mom would want me to invite Donny Osmond. And a girlfriend of mine would definitely want Russel Brand.

I’d probably invite the Kardashians too. They are like a guilty pleasure. They just know how to have a good time. And their kids could play with my kids.

I asked my husband who we should invite and he said, “Marie I don’t know….. invite Donald Trump.”

Overall this would be the most random ass dinner party. But could you imagine….

What do you think gets better with age?

I try to imagine my children asking me this question.

If I am speaking for myself I will say, I believe certain relationships get better. You don’t always know which ones will get better but the ones that do are very special.

Your perspective also gets better. Little things won’t get to you as much. And you indulge in more simple pleasures like taking the time to really watch the sunset.

Your confidence/mentality gets better. You care less and less what others think. You do what you want to do, what you gotta do….FOR YOU.

What time do you go to bed and wake up currently?

On an average, I am in bed between 9 and 10:30pm.

The kids are usually all asleep by 830 and then my husband and I do our bed time routines and then we are snug in our bed. And once we lay in bed, that’s it. It’s that pleasurable *sigh* that comes with laying in your bed after a long day. And you officially shut down.

Honestly, I love being in bed early. It amazes me that I use to stay up so late! In my early twenties you didn’t leave your house to go out until 11pm. Not interest in that anymore, at all.

I love being all snug in my blanket next to my hubby.

As for waking up, it’s on average between 6 and 7am. That’s not by choice either. The kids wake us up.

Truthfully my sleep is so chopped up and has been for years. But that’s the life of having littles.

But I can most definitely appreciate good sleep.

What are you most excited about for the future?

Truth be told I don’t spend much time thinking about the future. It’s so uncertain. However I am fully aware of its importance. And I try to be very mindful of the path that I am creating that is indeed shaping the future.

I don’t even like to make plans typically because things happen that change the course. Which I have grown to welcome with grace. Life is life.

There’s this joke I heard awhile ago that I always think about when making plans or visualizing the future.

If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans

Don’t you love it. Because how true it is! But also how disappointing it can be.

But you know what, sometimes you envision something and it doesn’t go as you would have wished……

it’s becomes something even better and sends you on a path of incredible journey.

Whatever the future holds we have to trust it, as hard as that can be. We can only do so much, God has got the rest.

What could you let go of, for the sake of harmony?

There is so much that can be let go.

But I think it’s easier to begin to let go of things when you begin to really understand your worth and begin to love yourself.

That is when letting go of things becomes easier.

Describe your most memorable vacation.

I think this vacation is memorable because I can’t believe how stupid I was. Then again, I was young. And when you’re young you aren’t thinking about consequences or repercussions. You are just living and wanting to have fun.

I was 18 years old and it was spring break. The year was 2009. A friend of mine had invited me to go to Mexico, aka Rocky Point. That friend was a wild one. Believe me.

Which is why I called up one of my best friends (my good conscious) and asked if she wanted to go to Mexico for spring break too. Of course she said yes! We were party girls at that time just livin’ it up! But not party girls like we slept around. Not even close. We were more like “good girls”. I just don’t want you, my fellow readers, to develop the wrong impression.

So my friend and I decided to travel by ourselves. I didn’t even tell my parents. I was already living on my own and I didn’t feel any reason to tell them anyway. Plus, I knew they wouldn’t approve.

My friend and I drove by OURSELVES, AT NIGHT, through Mexico! 18 year olds!! I could punch myself. Just thank God. Thank God.

When we got to our destination it was us and about 8 other girls crammed into this little ghetto motel room. We were young, we didn’t care. We would just be sleeping there anyway.

We did have a great time. I’m laughing now just reminiscing lol!

We rode the banana boat, we jet skied, my friend and I did horse back riding on the beach during the sunset, we rode quads, we drank pina colada’s, and we danced all night. We were truly living in the present.

I remember being on the jet ski with my best friend and I was driving and when I turned the jet ski super fast she flew off. We laughed so hard! It was hilarious.

There was another moment when we were on the banana boat and there was a guy (who was my age) who was sitting across from me. When the driver of the banana boat was going super fast he pretended to be falling off, he then grabbed me and we fell off together. He thought I was really pretty. It was a cute innocent little moment. He saw an opportunity to talk to me alone in the water and went for it lol. I give him credit. He was cute too.

Another moment that sticks in my brain is my best friend flashing her boobs haha! It was like an Amish girl coming out in a mini skirt! Shocking, but you were there for it! I just love her. She’s still one of my best friend and whenever we talk about this trip we still can’t believe how naive and ignorant we were.

There’s so many more details to this trip, but as the saying goes….

What happens in Mexico stays in Mexico.

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Lots of love my friends! This was a fun question to answer. Now I’m going to text my friend!

What’s your definition of romantic?

Being romantic is paying attention to the little things of what someone says or does and then acts on it. It’s sweet little gestures like a kiss on the cheek or forehead, or giving a smile or wink across the room. Being romantic is being respectful and gentle. It’s expressing your love in unique ways.

On what subject(s) are you an authority?

Oh goodness……there is nothing. Nothing I would be confident enough saying out loud that I’m an authority in. I’m a work in process. Still learning.

However I will say my children believe I am an expert in life. Especially my little blondie seven year old. She asks me so many questions. Some redundant and some that are truly thought provoking.

I have to assure her that I don’t know everything in life. And that nobody really does. But that’s the beauty of life and what makes life interesting.

I notice how my children look to me for answers. And right now, “I have them.” But soon enough they will realize that I don’t know as much as they believe.

However I will always encourage them to be an authority on themselves.

You will always be worth getting to know and specializing in.

The quote in the title is by Leonardo de Vinci. And I can testify that learning about myself has been the greatest gift I have ever given myself. And this is a gift I wish to pass to my children.