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Inspiration Week Continued: The TRUE Finale!

Truth is always inspirational, so I'm going to get honest today and come clean. (I almost forgot to come back to this!) And apparently I'm a better liar than I thought I was since no one guessed the real answer. The trick is that none of you were looking into my eyes as I said them. That must be it. ;)

1. I had the opportunity to perform a leading role at the Boston Opera House and had to take a flight out there. I ended up meeting my future husband to boot! This one is not true. Not anything about it... But I did throw in the idea of it being true earlier in the post by informing you that I flew somewhere and met my husband for the first time. Wow! That worked better than I expected.
   
2. I have stepped foot on all seven continents and must say that Antarctica was my favorite! Not true either. I've only been to North America, Europe and Africa, but how cool would that be if it were true!
   
3. I spent four (this should have been three. We dated for four years total. My bad!) years telling my now husband that I just wanted to be friends before I finally married him. It took him chasing after someone new to get me to overcome my commitment issues. This one is actually true and someday I'll tell the whole story. James was/is my first and only love and back then, I thought I needed to make sure he was the "one" by dating around. Yeah, I was pretty nuts. (Still am, but now I'm a wiser variety of nut.) (So even the truth wasn't the truth? Boy, I'm terrible...)
   
4. I once met Richard Marx and got to talk about writing lyrics with him. It was so cool! I wish! He is one amazing lyricist/song writer and I admire him a lot!
   
5. I speak five languages fluently. French, German, Italian, English and Arabic. This would be true except for the fluently part... (I suppose that's a big part!) but I do speak them all to one extent or another.
   
6. I had the chance to perform at Carnegie Hall, but turned it down as I was making wedding preparations at the time. My vocal professor was actually the one flying out to Carnegie to perform while I was planning a wedding. I wish I could have been there for her performance!
   
7. My husband and I had our first date in St. Louis, our second date in Boston and our third in Salt Lake City. He decided to move to Utah after the third date and we were married a moth later. This is also partially true. We did have our first three dates in these places, but when he moved out to Utah, #3 began.
   

Inspiration Week Continued

Mary Aalgaard said...

#1 thing that inspires me is people. Add a little music and coffee and my creative wheels are a-turnin'.

Tiana Smith said...

Reading inspires me. I know that seems trite, but honestly, every time I read an amazing book that I just can't put down, it makes me want to do the same for someone else. However, when I'm in the middle of writing a book, sometimes I can't read at all, otherwise elements from that book I'm reading seem to creep into the one I'm writing. I'm sure this is the mark of a newbie writer :)

Abby Annis said...

Fun contest! The #1 thing that inspires me is my family and friends. That includes all of my cool bloggy writer friends. :)

Kayeleen Hamblin said...

So many things inspire me. Mostly, though, I'm inspired by my family. I want to leave something lasting for them and that keeps me writing.

Christine Danek said...

I'm inspired by music.

Kelly Lyman said...

I'm inspired by music mostly and sometimes by other things I read

Cathy said...

I am inspired mainly by music, poetry, literature and more recently interesting blogs that I have come across.

Inspiration Week Continued

Tamika: said...

My inspiration: Each time I spend time in God's Word and He reveals more of His great love for me. I'm eternally awe struck.

Elana Johnson said...

Cool! I totally find inspiration in nature. I try to have a nature moment every day. Sunsets, flowers, ducks outside, whatever. :)

lotusgirl said...

I'm inspired by nature. All you have to do is look at my photography to know that.

sarahjayne smythe said...

Great idea for a contest. I'm a follower and I'm inspired by my family who let me be me and pursue whatever dreams I happen to have.

Amanda Borenstadt said...

I guess it's people who inspire me- what they create or who they are. -A phrase said or sung, a piece of art, or just the way a person moves. My first novel sprung to life because of a combo of a song and a guy I saw on a train and the way he stood by the door

Jackee said...

My favorite inspiration is nature (yeah, go figure)--it has so much to offer.

Mary Campbell said...

What inspires me in general and for writing is the same thing - I love inspirational moments in books and on T.V. The good stuff that brings on the tears. Whenever I experience one of those moments I resolve to write inspiring moments into my book.

Susan R. Mills said...

Many things inspire me, but the most inspirational is music. It always gets me going.

Jeanette Levellie said...

Two people inspire me: God and my husband. Both believe in me even when I don't. You have to gain courage from that kind of confidence!

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