We’re playing Tag around here, and it’s my turn to be it, so here I go. Booga tagged me to grab a book, flip to page 123, read the 5th sentence on the page, and write the next 5 sentences that I think should come next.
The book?
Page After Page by Heather Sellers
The sentence?
“You’ll want to want that.”
You’ll want to want that. In 25 years, when you’re 55 and your kids are grown and your husband’s health is failing…you’ll want to want that. That moment when you walk through the front door and his dirty dishes are in the sink and seemingly everything he owns is strewn like a trail of breadcrumbs throughout the house leading you to your role as wife/maid/slave, you’re going to want to want that moment back. Because now? The reality that it’s going to be just you soon sets in. And you are going to feel like washing his cereal bowl for the last time is THE most important thing you’ve ever had to do. You never did like washing dishes, but you’ll want to want that.
I don’t know how many sentences that was, but it is what it is. And…I don’t know who to tag…anyone who wants to do this, feel free. It’s a fun writing exercise. I could have gone in a couple different directions with this…didn’t need to be so somber. But…
