Mrs. Word Girl to YOU

Play with words, bounce them around, digest them, spit them out.  Words with meaning, words with feeling, words of nonsense, words misused…  I’m a word girl.  I remember movie quotes and song lyrics for WAY too long.  The flip side of that is remembering words I wish I hadn’t.  You ever have a conversation in your head where you replay that last argument or cruel thing said to you over and over? So many times you lose count? I’m also definitely the girl that puts too much weight to words at times.  Words people say in tones that reflect their heart in that slight little moment.  Or my own-my own words, my own tone that can offend and cut coming out sloppily.  Words are powerful, I think we can ALL agree on that.  They can make us laugh or crumble.  They matter more coming out of those we love versus a stranger making a snap judgement.  I recently told my oldest daughter that we can find an offense in anything, if we CHOOSE to.  (It’s advise I need to give myself!)  There are trigger words that make us snap off or cry.  Words link to a memory that hurt us like a stench as they linger in our souls. Words that have us crawling into this self-simulated cave where no one can see us cry.  Phrases that we worked double time to shake off, rebuke and throw into the deepest ocean.  We get frustrated at ourselves because we would love to be convinced that they have no power. Yet once they are shot at us…they un-peel the old scabs having us bleed out tears.  Or-they can be words that give us goosebumps.  That lift us higher and make us feel like we are 100% THAT B!  Those flirty words, those affirmations that remind us “we is smart, we is kind…”  Silly words that have us spitting out in laughter.  Moving words that remind us we are connected to something so much bigger than us.  Creator-level words that remind us of a deep, loving pursuit that never ends.  It matters what we say, how we say it and who we say it to.  Daily.  To others and to ourselves.  Am I the only one in constant conversation with myself?  Ha!  Ok, maybe it’s just me.  The word “big” was a usual when I was growing up.  And they didn’t mean just tall…  And now look at this whole BBW (big beautiful woman) movement!  Take that!!!  My goal is that we take a moment to think about the words that describe us, that make us feel something.  Let’s toss away the ones that give us that icky feeling and replace them with the most encouraging and empowering words we can think up!  Let’s be creative and loving with them-for our own sake and others we share this planet with.  Let’s watch our tones with our loved ones and laugh way more than we cry this year.  Cuz like I told my baby, we choose how long we will allow offenses to hold us hostage.  Break out baby!!  You are B.I.G. alright- Beautifully Intelligent and Gorgeous!!!