What I Learned From… Children
Howdy y’all, and welcome to the first Monday of February! As many of you know, the first Monday of the month always marks the official kick off of our monthly groupwrite project, “What I Learned From…“.
A Little History
Did you know the WILF project has been a (more-or-less) regular feature here at the Middle Zone for almost three years now? Yep; since May of 2007!
Since then there have been 29 editions with 805 entries, on every topic under the sun, including two of my favorites: WILF #11 (What I Learned From Odd Jobs – 43 entries) and WILF #23 (What I Learned From Adversity – 35 entries). Of course, the record for most entries still goes to Blogapalooza ’09 (What I Learned From 2008 – a whopping 128 entries).
Anyhoo – I’m inviting you to join hundreds of others who have participated in projects over the years. It’s really easy; all you have to do is write a post (or you can use an already-written one) that illustrates something you learned – and that has to do with the topic du jour.
This month, the topic is:
WHAT I LEARNED FROM CHILDREN
So the questions you have to ask yourself are this: Have you ever learned something from your children? From someone else’s children? When you were a child yourself? When a friend or acquaintance was a child? When you were standing next to a child? (Like I said, even related to the topic is good enough to qualify.)
How To Participate
All you have to do is send me the link to a post that fits the topic. It can be either new or an existing post, but it has to be from your own blog. I’m accepting entries from now thru Sunday, February 7th.
So just to review…
- Write a post (or send me the link to an existing post) on your blog with a link to THIS POST (uh, the one you’re reading now). By the way, feel free to be as eloquent (or concise) as you like.
- Send me an email (rhruzek@sbcglobal.net) containing your name, the title of your post, and the permalink of the post. (To make sure I don’t miss it.)
That’s all there is to it! Then on Monday, February 8th, I will post the entire list of entries right here at the Middle Zone; be sure and drop by to check ‘em all out.
As always, we have just two simple rules around here:
- For the sake of the general blogging audience, please keep it G-Rated. (Also please note: this is a request, not a demand, since after all it’s your blog and you can do what you want. Fair warning: I can choose to link to you or not.)
- Be nice.
All right, ladies and gentlemen; you know what to do! Grab the writing instrument of your choice, dig into your archives, and get to it!
[Note from the Proprietor - I realize it takes a little time to write your entries, but would you mind too terribly not waiting until midnight on Sunday night, February 7th to notify me? Sometimes it can be difficult to get them all compiled by Monday's 6 am post time! I surely thank you, and as a token of my appreciation - have yourself a cookie!]
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Here is the link to my post that I would like to share “Join the action!”: http://bit.ly/aYXZiF
Thanks for the opportunity!
Hi I am interested to join,this is my first time here. I will be sending my post URL via email. BTW, Just a few questions do you accept entry from Asian country? Do you need a minimum number of words for me to join WILF?
Thanks
@Kaiser – Howdy, Kaiser! You are welcome to join us from anywhere you can. There is no minimum or maximum (although if you want to write a novel it might be a bit much, if you follow me). I’ll look for your entry in my inbox.
It’s my first time here. I love the topic. I thought writing one was easy. But I can’t still figure out what to write. Will be thinking over this one and send an entry if my time permits.
http://needalittleadvice.com/2010/02/03/six-lessons-learned-from-children/
Love you WILF posts! Thanks Bubba.
@Minnie – I look forward to reading your entry, Minnie!
@Deb – Hey, a tip o’ the hat for the entry, Deb!
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Wow!! December 27 would be one late entry! I can see how it might be hard to get it in the 6am post!
Just teasing! I hope to have a post up soon. You’d think with 5 children, I’d have this pronto, but I am still thinking. 
@Tabetha – Er, um, oops! (shakes head in dismay)