This Boy's Six Life
When people ask me, “How was your day?” I never really know the straightforward, completely appropriate answer. “Good,” “bad,” and “okay” are too short. And I’m sure the person listening to you doesn’t want to hear you rattle off everything you did today.
One approach: answer in six words.
Inspired by SMITH’s Six-Word Memoir project, Austin Lafferty started a blog, A Year in My New Life…, about his recent college transfer and his journey at his new school at the University of North Dakota. Each day, Austin posts a new Six-Word Memoir. He writes about something that just happened to him (“Got dumped by a four year-old.”), how he felt about the whole day (“Noodles. Dave and Busters. Good Friday.”), or offer honest, reflective thoughts about himself. (March 23: “I need to learn to commit.”).
"Sweetie, please don't lick the dog."—Six-Word MOMoir Winners!
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We asked you to submit Six-Word MOMoirs in tribute of Mother's Day and the response was overwhelming! It didn't take a Freud to analyze the importance of moms from the thousands of MOMoirs we received, but it did take a lot of tough decision making to choose our winners.
Our winners of Six-Word MOMoirs on being a mom:
"Sweetie, please don't lick the dog." - MamaC
"Tied his shoes. Ties mine now." - AmyDoodle
"Mom four daughters, Dad's estrogen tomb." - nettiehartsock
Our winners of Six-Word MOMoirs on having a mom:
"Mom's a puzzle. Little pieces everywhere." - ctgoods
"Please tell me I'm adopted. Kidding." - Nicole54231
"...Marriage failed, Dad bailed, Mom prevailed..." - Paradoxwolf