Month: July 2023

Are you more like your mother or your father? Or are you more like someone else? 

I noticed common tendencies between myself and my parents. I always wanted to be just like my dad and I never wanted to resemble my mom in any way. I try really hard to be my own person though. Since my dad died when I was 16 I have a sort of “frozen in time” picture and understanding of who he was as a person. I see in my mom many traits and ways of being that I don’t want to possess or end up doing or being. My emotional connection is fraught with her and I don’t see her much so I think that the absence helps me be my own person. Basically the distance for me sort of prevents her rubbing off on me. I do realize how horrible this sounds but it really is a long, long story and I hope no one’s judging me because familiar relationships are tough; they’re tricky. Sometimes they only make sense to the people directly involved.

Prompt from: Piccadilly’s 200 Writing Prompts

What about you?

Do you have any dreams that recur? Why do you think you continue to have that dream?

I have a few dreams that occur, first of all, dreams centered around teaching; shocking I know! It’s a really super mundane dream. I’m simply just teaching a lesson in my classroom to my students and all the usual things happen. It’s just a regular day. I’m not sure if it’s a premonition about how the next day will go or re-imagining how the previous day should have or could have gone.

The second type of recurring dream I have is that my husband leaves me. This is the most troublesome dream I have. I don’t ever remember much, however, the feelings linger when I wake up. Perhaps it’s because he works away and feelings of missing him become overwhelming or we’ve had a slight disagreement or we’ve missed a phone call and our connection feels off. I know he never would but maybe when you have something so incredible the thought of losing it is terrifying. It really is the stuff of nightmares. I also find this funny because he has this recurring dream about me. The takeaway ultimately when I wake up is that it’s a reminder to reconnect and appreciate each other.

Prompt from: Piccadilly’s 200 Writing Prompts

What about you?

Do you absolutely hate any food that other people usually like?

To be honest I love food. I eat all kinds of food and cuisines. I always try different kinds of food with my best friend and a large part of our travel is based on food! Perhaps the only thing I absolutely refuse to eat would be bugs or snakes even though I haven’t tried them. The thought of eating them makes me a little sick mainly because I’m terrified of snakes and creepy crawlies so it’s mostly connected to that. I am of course not making fun of anyone who does consume them as part of their diet. I find generally that a lot of my favourite foods are foods that a lot of people actually hate.

-brussel sprouts
-liver and onions
-blue cheese
-sauerkraut
-tofu

 And the very controversial pineapple on pizza!

What about you?

Prompt from Piccadilly‘s 200 Writing Prompts