Writer/Designer, Catching the Wish ARG (2006)

Client: ARG Studios (Dave Szulborski).

Wrote the character of Sarah Wyatt, a librarian and artist. Designed and remodeled websites. Manipulated images, installed blog software, managed email and websites.

Still hard at work, still poring through the remains. I just don’t know what to do with everything. Pack it up? I may need a few more boxes than originally thought, but the rain the other day was a setback. No roof, no roof. I’m just so tired.

Still, I like to tell myself that the rain was a sort of a cleansing. It’s not artificial or chlorinated or pressurized or pumped. It merely falls in a patter that ranges from barely audible, to fingers tapping on paper, to a shower. And I am thankful that it washed some of the guck away with it. Take it down the road, Rain. We don’t want that crap around here anymore. Cleanse the wound and move on.

I will count my blessings, dammit. I have many blessings.

My blessings are the rain. My blessings are my friends. My blessings are the encouragement via email that fills me with warmth like a sip of brandy on a winter night. My blessings are my health.

Why does health always come last when one counts blessings? “Well, at least you have your health.” Ok, Self, you’ve got to stop falling into negativity. (At least I’m talking to myself again.)

My blessings are a recovered mask. My blessings are the sun on my face. My blessings are the books that are left.

I have many blessings. I have many blessings. If I keep saying it, I will remember it. Maybe even believe it.

I have many blessings.