Sticks and Stones

Sticks and stones will break

my bones but names will

never hurt me. 

 ~ English Proverb

Sticks and stones may

break our bones,

but words will break

our hearts.

~ Robert Fulghum

I love words.

Words can

uplift

encourage

entertain

edify

electrify

comfort

{My son wrote this on his white board yesterday.}

They can just

as readily

tear down

discourage

hide

bore

hurt

Last week I primed

and painted a closet

wall* in our garage.....

With chalkboard paint.

A lovely canvas

for words.

Next came the

chalkboard paint.

Schoolhouse Green.

Then.....

I pondered all

of the possibilities.

Famous quotes?

Places we'd like 

to visit?

Bible verses?

The wall remained blank

as I tossed these ideas

around.

Inspiration

came to me on

on the weekend

as my family bantered

around one of our

favorite word games.

The OR game.

The only rules?

You cannot say

BOTH and you

cannot say NEITHER.

Lemon or lime?

Early bird or night owl?

Concert or baseball game?

Apple pie or pumpkin pie?

The questions are endless.

The answers, limited.

It sparks some

great discussions!

I started the wall

and my family soon

jumped in, as vision

struck.

It's still a work in progress.

Seeing these words

every day has made us

all smile.

The

power

of

words.

Use them with care.

PS:  Speaking of words,

Google's spell-check now

pops up with the British

pronunciations rather than

the American on my computer!

Guess it's decided to channel

my inner Jane Austen,

too!

*Thank you, Dad,

for building this

closet for us!!

Images:  

1, 4 flickr ~ click for attribution

7&8, google images

All others:  Privet and Holly

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