Tuesday December 30th, 2008
Z might be the hardest. And it is at the end.
There’s zest. Meaning energy or spice or vitality. But then that would just be a redo of voracity or something. And…it reminds me of soap or lemons.
There is zeal. Zeal is always good. I’m learning zealousness, yes I am. But then again, its very much like the afore mentioned, zest.
The only other “z” word in my vocabulary has to do with a stripped equine-like creature that is near the end of all my daughter’s alphabet book (hey at least I never mentioned xylophones).
There is Zsa Zsa Gabor, Zora Neale Hurston and Zelda Fitzgerald. There is also Zeus the Greek god.
There isn’t a dearth of Zs in the world, just not a lot of good words for my series. So maybe I should tackle the letter itself (interesting fact about Sarah: I cross all my sevens and “z’s” — don’t ask me why).
Z signifies the ending of something or the closing of a book. We say things like, “…everything from A to Z….” meaing that my letter of the hour puts on the finishing touches. It is on the last page, at the back of the line (When I got married I moved from a “S” to an “M” — I was elated.).
But it’s ending postion says nothing for it’s importance. It might just be more important than “A”.
Tomorrow we close out a year; we put an exclamation point or a question mark or a period at then end of our personal 365 days. They way I finish might be just as important as how I begun. I’m trying to finish this year well. My “Z” day is always my birthday (December 31, 1974 means that tomorrow I turn 34) and it has always been something to look forward to.
And of course I’ve ended better than I’ve begun. If I’ve made any progress this year at all, I’ve collected mistakes and triumphs and things learned along the way. So I’m looking forward to the end, to close out my 2008 book with a Z, with an exclamation point!
(Come back tomorrow for a video and how my husband and I will compete with each other during the month of January to see who is Wii Fitter!)
beautiful. i love it! nice job on the alphabet… this is perhaps my favorite mini-series you’ve done yet!
and NOW i can say happy birthday eve
"Now i've learned my abc's, next time won't you learn with me."
here are some of my favorite words that i think fit with what your saying-
'Everybody has to change or they expire. Everybody has to leave, leave their home and come back so they can love it again for all new reasons. I want to keep my soul fertile for the changes, so things keep getting born in me, so things keep dying when it is time for things to die. I want to keep walking away from the person I was a moment ago. Only a good story has a character different at the end than it was in the beginning."
Through Painted Deserts
Donald Miller
yikes! you have turned into chad & sarah marklii.
fyi- i went to the chiropractor three times last winter because of wii tennis.
be careful!
diinise
Happy Birfday!! as Toby would say.
Yay, you finished learing your letters!
Such a great undertaking! Loved “Y”… yielding is a very good thing!
I’m a “Z” and I actually love it!
Happy birthday Sarah!
V.
i’d love to hear your thoughts on your letter “project”. was there a specific reason you decided to do it? harder/easier than you anticipated?
i smile knowing we both gave ourselves creative writing assignments during the same month.
and you are an exclamation point in my year.
you are so brilliantly creative!
and im so bummed that i got here late…AFTER your birthday.
happy belated sarah!