It is so frustrating when you have these great ideas and fantastic thoughts, at least I think they are, and they slip, tumble, and evaporate from your mind!!

One year long before I was considered a senior citizen, I took an American Lit. At the end of each class the instructor would give a writing assignment. Since the class was a great distance from home, I would have it practically written in my head, but guess what…I would forget it as soon as I turned into my driveway. Gosh, darn it…what was I going to say? Of course, after a few times, I got smart. I would keep my notepad open with a pen ready to write when I got to a stoplight. This is the only time I looked forward to a red light.

Another time, I was helping my children with a speech they had to make at a family reunion. I didn’t plan to write the whole thing but just give them some ideas. Well, we sat down together and decided to use the “Fruit of the Spirit” as a foundation for their talk. You know…”But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control…” Galatians 5:22-23 Anyway, we were doing very well, thoughts flowing, ideas popping but that was enough for the day. I cleaned up the work area and we all went about doing whatever. My children were middle school aged at the time so they wanted to show Dad what they were going to say since it was his family’s reunion. But guess what? Mom had thrown every thing, I mean everything away. OOPS!! Long story short, they rewrote it and were a hit at the reunion but how could Mom have done such a dumb thing. Oh, well!!

That brings me to the subject of my first Blog on Eons. Last night I had this great idea, in my own mind, as to what I was going to write about. Knew my topic, had all my points and would be ready come morning. Well, something kept saying, “Get up and write this down, at least the idea, or you will forget it in the morning?” They always say you should listen to that little voice but at 1:45 A.M. I convinced myself that I have a great memory. How can I forget it?

Guess what? I have no idea what I had planned to write about…that great topic, all the points…slipped into oblivion and now I need to start taking that stuff. What is it called? Oh, yeah… Ginko Biloba. Does it work? I don’t know…I forgot.