“Would you like to see my business cards?” Mia said.
“Of course I do,” Karen smiled.
Mia proudly pulled two identical slips of paper, seemingly from nowhere, then slipped them into Karen’s hands. “Here you go,” she chirped.
Karen looked at the card, then read it out loud. “Mia Maria,” she looked down at my daughter, who is not and never has been named Mia. “Who is that?”
“Me,” she said, shaking her head, as if there existed no other possible answer.
“Oh?“ Karen raised her brows, “you made up a name for yourself?”
“No,” Mia shook her head. “My daddy did. He wants to protect my identity when I’m inside his stories.”
“Ah,” Karen nodded, then smiled even wider. “A lot of authors do that. It’s called a pseudonym.”
“I’m Mia Maria, %@#^& is Max, Daddy is Writer Dad, and Mommy’s Namas Daisy.”
I am by nature, both extrovert and exceedingly private. For the last three years daily life has been punctuated by a never ending procession of people, populating our porch and the preschool that Daisy and I designed together.
This morning marks a significant segue in our lives; a tectonic shift in the rhythm of days. As of sunrise, I am officially a writer. This isn’t to say I didn’t identify with the title during yesterday’s dawn, but now I am paddling at sea and it is high time to sink or swim. Daisy is now finishing out the final six weeks of preschool, while I turn my attention toward other endeavors.
This last Thursday, another door was opened, a portal I’ve wanted to walk through a while. I came out as Sean, the Monday after we sent our families a farewell, but I’ve still held half myself in a shroud.
I started Writer Dad in secrecy. The blog, I believed, would be a bit of an embarrassment. Of course I wanted an audience, but didn’t expect anything of merit or measure for maybe six months. Things have moved swiftly, and I’ve traveled in tandem. I am an honest writer, and though I know little of what I will say as the Earth twirls from one day to the next, I always know the words will come from inside, and that there will likely be at least a nugget or two, mined from a vein, a bit deeper than where I expected to dig.
I believe in open doors, honest writing, and playing with a straight hand. Those of you who are regulars to my thought, have seen a side of me that our families have not. They who knock on my door know me in a different way. They can place gesture with paragraph, and easily imagine the smiles behind my sentences. I am thrilled at last to find myself on the far side of a sigh. Being private has left me hesitant to have my thoughts hit the internet, chased so closely by a knock upon my door.
We told all of our clients about Writer Dad at the end of last week, with the anecdote above, and a link to go along with it. For the first time, Writer Dad in my life is common knowledge, and the winds of change will now flutter a different flag.
I still don’t know precisely what Writer Dad is, other than a tornado that twisted into my life, invited, to pull my nearest and dearest asunder, and take us toward the technicolor promise of Oz. One thing I do know, is that this is my podium. A place in the world to clear my throat and unleash my mind. I’ve never been more curious to find out what I have to say.
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Mia sounds like a very clever girl!! She understands things far more than adults do. I find that I don’t really enjoy working with pennames and pseudonyms. I had a hard time trying to remember to put in the right name for a site. Oh yes…I experimented with the idea for a while…it didn’t quite work out for me.
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Hi Sean: I loved your daughter’s “business cards”. My mother has a friend whose business card is basically a phrase like the following: “adventurer, self-taught, a believer in man-kind, photographer, writer, and searching for utopia”. :-)
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Hi Sean: I loved your daughter’s “business cards”. My mother has a friend whose business card is basically a phrase like the following: “adventurer, self-taught, a believer in man-kind, photographer, writer, and searching for utopia”. :-)
Marelisas last blog post..100 Essential Life Lessons
Hi Sean: I loved your daughter’s “business cards”. My mother has a friend whose business card is basically a phrase like the following: “adventurer, self-taught, a believer in man-kind, photographer, writer, and searching for utopia”. :-)
Marelisas last blog post..100 Essential Life Lessons
Hi Sean: I loved your daughter’s “business cards”. My mother has a friend whose business card is basically a phrase like the following: “adventurer, self-taught, a believer in man-kind, photographer, writer, and searching for utopia”. :-)
Marelisas last blog post..100 Essential Life Lessons
Wow! Good Stuff! I am So excited and sense amazing ventures coming your way…You have plant one teeny tiny seed, now you are seeing that beautiful, solid tree growing right before your eyes! You are one of my favorite people to chit chat with, well, you and Namas Daisy that is…I am glad that you have recognized your blessing and that you are following your gut and going “all in”. We are here to support you and are looking forward to seeing you blast off into the boundless territories that are being unveiled right before your eyes….And YES….you ARE that interesting!
Namaste’
Wow! Good Stuff! I am So excited and sense amazing ventures coming your way…You have plant one teeny tiny seed, now you are seeing that beautiful, solid tree growing right before your eyes! You are one of my favorite people to chit chat with, well, you and Namas Daisy that is…I am glad that you have recognized your blessing and that you are following your gut and going “all in”. We are here to support you and are looking forward to seeing you blast off into the boundless territories that are being unveiled right before your eyes….And YES….you ARE that interesting!
Namaste’
Wow! Good Stuff! I am So excited and sense amazing ventures coming your way…You have plant one teeny tiny seed, now you are seeing that beautiful, solid tree growing right before your eyes! You are one of my favorite people to chit chat with, well, you and Namas Daisy that is…I am glad that you have recognized your blessing and that you are following your gut and going “all in”. We are here to support you and are looking forward to seeing you blast off into the boundless territories that are being unveiled right before your eyes….And YES….you ARE that interesting!
Namaste’
Jamie: I try to keep that part well hidden. I will definitely check out yellow legal. That’s a good idea, as I have a folder that Daisy bought me like eight years ago that’s the perfect size.
Maya: Thanks Maya. I’m comfortable now, and I imagine I will continue to get more and more so.
Emily: Thanks for being a constant, Emily. I’ll pass your well wishes forward.
Evelyn: It is hard to remember the names if you use them once, and then not for a long time. Mia is as clever as they come.
Marelisa: I should get cards like that, except that I’m not much of a photographer.
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Teena: Teena, you are awesome! Thanks for the comment. You have always believed in us, and have never been afraid to say it loud and often. Your family has been forever appreciative of everything we do, and could not have celebrated our transition any more than you did, or been any more thankful for the time you were given. High five, and Namasté right back.
Jamie: I try to keep that part well hidden. I will definitely check out yellow legal. That’s a good idea, as I have a folder that Daisy bought me like eight years ago that’s the perfect size.
Maya: Thanks Maya. I’m comfortable now, and I imagine I will continue to get more and more so.
Emily: Thanks for being a constant, Emily. I’ll pass your well wishes forward.
Evelyn: It is hard to remember the names if you use them once, and then not for a long time. Mia is as clever as they come.
Marelisa: I should get cards like that, except that I’m not much of a photographer.
: > )
Teena: Teena, you are awesome! Thanks for the comment. You have always believed in us, and have never been afraid to say it loud and often. Your family has been forever appreciative of everything we do, and could not have celebrated our transition any more than you did, or been any more thankful for the time you were given. High five, and Namasté right back.
Sean,
I see excellent things for your writing future! Do you have a written out plan or are you riding out the tornado? I’m just curious…I believe you will succeed either way.
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Sean,
I see excellent things for your writing future! Do you have a written out plan or are you riding out the tornado? I’m just curious…I believe you will succeed either way.
Wendi Kelly-Life’s Little Inspirationss last blog post..High Flying Faith
Sean,
I see excellent things for your writing future! Do you have a written out plan or are you riding out the tornado? I’m just curious…I believe you will succeed either way.
Wendi Kelly-Life’s Little Inspirationss last blog post..High Flying Faith
I read this simple, lovely post right after I had a serious dose of doubt about why I blog. Your words and your open style remind me how wonderful and powerful honesty can be, and they remind me why I ‘believe in’ blogging.
Zoes last blog post..Idea Dumps: Letting It All Hang Out
I read this simple, lovely post right after I had a serious dose of doubt about why I blog. Your words and your open style remind me how wonderful and powerful honesty can be, and they remind me why I ‘believe in’ blogging.
Zoes last blog post..Idea Dumps: Letting It All Hang Out
I read this simple, lovely post right after I had a serious dose of doubt about why I blog. Your words and your open style remind me how wonderful and powerful honesty can be, and they remind me why I ‘believe in’ blogging.
Zoes last blog post..Idea Dumps: Letting It All Hang Out