Imagination- the path to anywhere

This is one of my favorite posts for several reasons.

It introduces a guest post I was asked to do for a fellow blogger, Kathleen Aherne. I was flattered and honored.

I share some of my personal life, which I don’t do very often.

It was a featured post at Blogger’s Pit Stop.

So here it is, and it’s actually two posts in one- a post I shared to introduce and link to the guest post. Enjoy and imagine.

Let imagination take you where you want to go

I’m a physician who studied mostly science classes in school, so I don’t think of myself as artistic.  This blog serves as a creative outlet for me, but that’s about where it ends.  I  find inspiration in multiple sources- my family and friends, nature, the patients I treat, music, and reading but I don’t think of myself as creative.

So when Kathleen Aherne asked me to write a guest post for her website, Let’s Create, I was a little surprised but also excited at the chance to share some of what has inspired my life. She asked me to write a two part story, so I am sharing part 1 with you here.

You can start reading it here, and then continue with the link to the rest of the post at  Let’s Create.

 

Reading-The fastest way to everywhere

I grew up as an only child, in a home that was not well off financially. With no siblings, and few neighborhood kids, I used  my imagination to have fun. I watched television shows but there was no internet or digital devices for entertainment. Mostly, I read books which became my favorite pastime.

I still have my three favorite books-      Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes,

Better Homes and Gardens Story Book, and   

The Golden Treasury of Natural History,

all of which have survived multiple moves in readable condition. I don’t read them now, but reading continues to be my favorite way to pass a relaxing evening or rainy afternoon.

When I was young, my mother enjoyed country music and she never missed a TV show featuring a pretty young blonde singer. With her bouffant hairstyle and frilly dresses, I thought the singer was a famous star. I didn’t know she was new to country music, trying to break into the business, and this was her first major opportunity.

Enjoy reading further at Let’s Create

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         Dr. Aletha