Verbs in the bottom of the ninth…

September 17, 2008 in Life is a Verb
Baseball Today, the LIAV Blog Tour ’08 visits Suzanne Maggio-Hucek at her home base, the bottom of the ninth. Suzanne and I had a wonderful phone conversation about Life is a Verb and she offers her thoughts on its lessons. She also recounts our first correspondence, some time ago:

"I sent Patti an email.  This complete stranger.  From across the country.  Just something light and breezy.  I didn’t want to appear like a stalker…

‘Dear Patti,

I have been meaning to drop you a line for a couple of weeks now.  I have been poking around on your site, reading some of the past blogs, etc. The more I read, the more I discover so many similarities to my life. Partly that is due to good writing on your part.  Your stories are so wonderfully written that they evoke wonderful memories for the reader.

Partly it is because I think you and I have been living parallel lives.  I’m not sure how old you are but the similarities of your experiences to mine are uncanny.  From your stories about high school to your English degree and experiences in that regard, to the essay about memory (my mother is struggling with a form of dementia), so many of them bring back many, many memories.’

And a strange thing happened.  She wrote back.

Smile."

You can find out more about our conversation by visiting her blog. While you’re there, see what Suzanne has to say about giving voice, about sharing your sock, and about making your mark.

About Patti Digh

Patti Digh is an author, speaker, and educator who builds learning communities and gets to the heart of difficult topics. Her work over the last three decades has focused on diversity, inclusion, social justice, and living and working mindfully. She has developed diversity strategies and educational programming for major nonprofit and corporate organizations and has been a featured speaker at many national and international conferences.

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