I have a lovely bloggy friend.  Her name is Cami.  She writes eloquently and has a truly unique voice that can make me laugh, smile, snort cheekily, nod sagely, feel calmed and soothed or inspired and energized, and one day I hope to meet her.

Back in the early days I read her every day, but since my break up with Mr B and the growth of parent blogging over here that has swept me along barely taking pause for breath, well, I have neglected my friend.  She is one of many, Corey, Kim, Mie, Daryl, Sybil, Leendaluu, RC, Jen, Mya, DumDad, Momo,  you all spring to mind as do a few others, and while I have a ton of lovely new friends, well, your first bloggy buddies are always kind of special aren’t they?

So I’ve started to catch up with them a little and kind of re-inspire myself, because that’s what these people were for me.  At a time when I was lonely in my own marriage, dealing with health issues I didn’t understand, and struggling to see a happy place for myself in this world, (thank Bob for my kids),  these people were my little pieces of hope.  They let me just be me, encouraged me to try new things and made me think and smile and act.
And they made me write.

And I’ve realised something.  I miss just writing.  Writing for myself, for my mood, for fun, for the hell of it. Picking a topic and seeing where it takes me.  Experimenting, being silly, playing.  So I’m starting a little challenge I saw over at Cami’s.

30 days of Truth.

I’m not necessarily going to do it over the next 30 days, or over the next 30 blog posts, but I’m going to tackle each of the topics in the list and see what I come up with, just to stretch my writing muscles and myself.

The writing prompts are below if anyone wants to join in.  Leave me a comment if you do so I can come and read yours.  But otherwise, this is me finding myself a little bit.  There’ll still be other stuff here too, but I need to get back to writing.  I hope you’ll forgive me the indulgence.
Writing prompts for 30 Days of Truth:

Day 01 → Something you hate about yourself.
Day 02 → Something you love about yourself.
Day 03 → Something you have to forgive yourself for.
Day 04 → Something you have to forgive someone for.
Day 05 → Something you hope to do in your life.
Day 06 → Something you hope you never have to do.
Day 07 → Someone who has made your life worth living for.
Day 08 → Someone who made your life hell, or treated you like shit.
Day 09 → Someone you didn’t want to let go, but just drifted.
Day 10 → Someone you need to let go, or wish you didn’t know.
Day 11 → Something people seem to compliment you the most on.
Day 12 → Something you never get compliments on.
Day 13 → A band or artist that has gotten you through some tough ass days. (write a letter.)
Day 14 → A hero that has let you down. (letter)
Day 15 → Something or someone you couldn’t live without, because you’ve tried living without it.
Day 16 → Someone or something you definitely could live without.
Day 17 → A book you’ve read that changed your views on something.
Day 18 → Your views on gay marriage.
Day 19 → What do you think of religion? Or what do you think of politics?
Day 20 → Your views on drugs and alcohol.
Day 21 → (scenario) Your best friend is in a car accident and you two got into a fight an hour before. What do you do?
Day 22 → Something you wish you hadn’t done in your life.
Day 23 → Something you wish you had done in your life.
Day 24 → Make a playlist to someone, and explain why you chose all the songs. (Just post the titles and artists and letter)
Day 25 → The reason you believe you’re still alive today.
Day 26 → Have you ever thought about giving up on life? If so, when and why?
Day 27 → What’s the best thing going for you right now?
Day 28 → What if you were pregnant or got someone pregnant, what would you do?
Day 29 → Something you hope to change about yourself. And why.
Day 30 → A letter to yourself, tell yourself EVERYTHING you love about yourself

(PS  If you know where this challenge started I’d love to link back.  I’ve tried to find out but so far no luck.)