Julia’s Hidden Talents Revealed
Nov 17th 2009
Julia LondonJulia London & On Writing!
I am a runner.
Well. Not actually a runner, but someone with aspirations of being a real runner, of being the sort who wakes up early Saturday and thinks, Yeah, I think I will run that marathon this morning after all, and then does, and later, wears yoga pants everywhere because she looks so good in them.
That is my aspiration, but the reality is that I get out there and slog around the neighborhood, running four minutes, walking one, because if I don’t take those little walk breaks, I will pass out and they would find my lifeless, sweaty body sprawled by the mailboxes. I never seem to improve my speed or distance, and while I can run more than four minutes at a time, I generally don’t, because it is so damn hard. Real runners make it look so easy.
In many ways, writing is just as laborious as running for me. I always start off great, but then I get to about page 100 and things bog down. I don’t know how to get to where I am going, and it’s so hard I don’t even want to try. I have written over twenty books, and this happens each and every time. Writing is not easy for me. It is really, really hard.
I think my true talent is perseverance. Perseverance is what enables me to sit in my (new Steelcase ergonomic) chair day after day and stare at a blank computer screen. It is what stays with me until I figure out where the book is going, or until I push through a chapter I’m stuck in and still have a very long way to go until the end. Perseverance is also what makes me get out and try and be a real runner several times a week. 
I also have a talent for being stubborn, which is good when used in a proper setting and context. I am good at being the center of attention, even when I don’t want to be. I have talent for putting aside petty differences and being an adult when the situation warrants. Haha, kidding! I don’t have that talent at all.
Everyone has hidden talents. What are your obvious talents and your not-so-obvious talents? Everyone probably has a list of talents they wish they had. What talents do you wish you possessed?
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52 Responses to “Julia’s Hidden Talents Revealed”
B on 17 Nov 2009 at 4:02 am #
People usually frown at me when I say I’m not particularly good at anything. And, believe me, I’m not. I mean, I don’t suck at everything I attempt, I can actually do a lot of things, but there isn’t anything I do that people go, ‘oh, wow, she’s just great.’
No, scratch that. There’s one thing: I can speak English, which isn’t my first language. And while I’m better at it than many native, there are billions of people in the world who can do it much better than me. So, it’s not really a big deal.
I attempt to write and get compliments when people read mu stuff, but I have no true dimension of how good I really am or how average.
In the end, I’m a truly boring person. I’m not particularly good at anything, I’m not particularly pretty, I’m not particularly nice. The world could do without me just fine
LoriHandeland on 17 Nov 2009 at 6:53 am #
I suppose my obvious talent is creativity. Not so obvious . . . being a mom. Running my husband’s office. And I jog too!! Same as you Julia, a few minutes of running for a minute of walking. There was a time when I could run 4 miles without the walking but not anymore.
Besides, someone told me walk/run is better for you and I choose to believe that whether it’s true or not.
Hey, maybe one of my other talents is living under any delusion I wish!
I’ve often mentioned how I wish I could sing and can’t. Sadly that’s not something I can work on and get better at. My voice is BAD. My kids used to put their hands over my mouth and say “No, Mama, no,” whenever I rocked them and sang.
Cail on 17 Nov 2009 at 7:02 am #
I’m pretty good at artistic stuff. I draw, paint, sculpt, craft, knit, quilt, crochet… you name it. I’ve also got a pretty decent singing voice- years of training in theater. And cooking/baking. That’s what I’m obviously good at. Hidden talents? Hm. I am extremely good at riddles. I find them really fun.
Kim A. on 17 Nov 2009 at 7:05 am #
Jack of all trades, master of none….That’s me. I have a *great* talent for jumping to conclusions and making assumptions (often false). Does that count? LOL.
BTW, one of my co-workers (and her husband) is a marathon-turned-trail-race runner. She has run 50km trail races up and down mountains, he just recently completed his second 100-MILE race…and came in a close second. Last winter they went to Whitehorse and she ran, on snowshoes, for three days, carrying her food/water. Camp sites were set up at night for the participants. She came first in her division. Totally boggles my mind. I’m a walker. I’ll walk 10kms (6 miles) in one go, but I can’t run even 1 km.
Bronte on 17 Nov 2009 at 7:30 am #
Unfortunately I’m not creative, my perserverance has been been a skill I’ve had to develop over the years and patience is not by strongsuit either. I guess two dubious talents I have are 1. Quick decision making in difficult cirumstances (which given that I work emergency is a good skill to have) and 2. The art of telling bad news. The problem with the latter skill means usually if there is bad news to be told, I get lumped with telling it.
amy1242 on 17 Nov 2009 at 8:08 am #
Hidden talents…hidden talents…hidden talents…I got nothing here. Maybe they are just that well hidden. I enjoy many things. Coaching volleyball, playing sports, singing, but are they a hidden talent? I don’t think so. Although, I love being a mom, and never thought I would, so I guess that could qualify. I too, do the run/walk thing. From everything I hear (from doctors and studies and such) running isn’t that great for you. I had a running accident several years ago and now take precautions when I run/walk. Never did like the whole running thing. Not good at it either. I used to run marathons. Will never do that again. And I’m ok with that.
Freshechelle on 17 Nov 2009 at 8:33 am #
As I consider calling in sick today so I can finish the Courtesan’s Scandal, thank you for your perseverance.
A friend’s husband learned to figure skate with a Soviet gold medalist and his brother. My friend says the brother had the natural talent, far better than the gold medalist, the future gold medalist had the perserverance.
Hidden talents? Didn’t know I had any until I started my career (B, don’t be so hard on yourself, you’ll find your talents as you continue to experience life). I’ve got problem solving skills that I can’t turn off. Don’t call me just to vent, I’ll give you solutions and then expect you to act.
My useless talent is for mimicing accents for entertainment. This is dangerous in today’s p.c. work place (especially one up to it’s eyeballs in French dudes).
Michelle B on 17 Nov 2009 at 8:34 am #
I scrapbook and make greeting cards. Am I talented, well I’d like to think I am. I have a talent for making a group of people get along and work like a team. I’m a a fairly good teacher if you like step by step instructions. I used to be good at making up songs and stories for my kids when they were little. Maybe someday “Grammy” can resurrect that one.
What I would love to be talented at is playing a guitar. I want to be able to sit around a camp fire and play a bunch of songs that all can sing along. Taking guitar lessons is on my bucket list.
No hidden talents here, what you see is what you get.
Gale Laure on 17 Nov 2009 at 9:09 am #
Like you, Julia, I am stubborn. I suppose the positive side of stubborn is perseverance. I never give up. I want to give up sometimes when I know it is a lost cause, but I can’t. Something inside of me will not let go. My mother says I was a very stubborn child. I suppose stubborn children become stubborn adults.
However, I prefer to call myself a person a great, enormous, exacting and enriching perserverance.
Alicia on 17 Nov 2009 at 9:13 am #
Well, I guess I’m kind of creative. I can draw really well, I suppose. I can sing. I sang a lot when I was in High School at different programs and church.
No hidden talents here. What you see is what you get.
I’d like to take a moment and THANK Julia for persevering, because without it we wouldn’t have your wonderful books!! That is my hidden talent! I’m really good at completely losing myself in all of you guys’ books! No, I’m not kissing ass…really!
Karen Hawkins on 17 Nov 2009 at 9:15 am #
Julia, from a reader’s standpoint, I think you make writing look easy. I’m sure it doesn’t FEEL easy for you, but from my side of the book, your work just flows.
I used to run until I hurt my knee and I was never fast or particularly gifted, but I really enjoyed being fit. Now, the pasta gene has blown up in my hips and I’ve got to do something to fight it off, so I’m walking. I’ll let you know how it does for a replacement exercise. I can’t run any more, but b’gosh, I CAN walk. Ive decided to be stubborn about that now.
I think my greatest talent is a bit like yours — stick-to-it-ness. Far more than I should. And Gale’s right — that can also be a flaw if you take it Too Far. And I have! Many, many times. But sometimes, it has helped me get to places I wouldn’t have gotten to without it.
Other than that, I’m a good eater. Oh yeah, I’m very, VERY good at eating!
Nicole Jordan on 17 Nov 2009 at 9:17 am #
I do so admire your hidden talents, Julia! And everyone else’s too. I couldn’t run a marathon to save my life.
I share your stubbornness and perserverance, luckily. Otherwise I don’t think we could keep going in this business.
I wish I were a better rider. But that would mean spending a lot more time actually doing it, time I don’t have since I’m perervering in my writing. So I guess I have to forgive myself!
I would also love to have a good singing voice. I can carry a tune well but you do NOT want to hear me sing.
Sherri Erwin on 17 Nov 2009 at 9:31 am #
I think you have a hidden talent for organizing, Julia. I have a hidden talent for procrastination.
Julia London on 17 Nov 2009 at 9:35 am #
B, it took years for me to figure out my talents. YEARS. I was in my 30s before I even thought I might have a talent for writing. So give yourself some time to know yourself. Wow. Sounds like a self-help handbook
Lori, I am starting to believe this awful singing. You’ve mentioned it before, but when babies protest. Wow. Nuf said.
Cail, you are one who got my missing cooking genes, another talent I definitely do not possess.
Kim A, jumping to conclusions happens to be another forte of mine. When you hit, you’re a genuis. When you don’t, well… And your friends? Clearly crazy. I read about a guy who did those 100 mile runs. He orders pizza to be delivered to him on the route. Meets them at gas stations and wolfs an entire pizza and carries on. While that has some appeal, it is much too hard for me.
Julia London on 17 Nov 2009 at 9:38 am #
Bronte, honestly, that is a very good talent to have. Most people can not deliver bad news well.
Amy, being a mom, as I am discovering is the most important talent. I’m still not sure how talented I am, but the Cutest Preschooler ever hasn’t been arrested yet, so I guess I’m on the right track, LOL
HAHA, Fresh! THANK YOU. And may I say I am so jonesing for your talent. I would love to be able to mimic! What fun!
Michelle, having spent years managing people who did not work well with others, please let me commend you on that single talent. Its gold in the workplace.
Julia London on 17 Nov 2009 at 9:43 am #
Gale Laure, I love your definition of perseverence. I am going to adopt it, too.
Alicia, thank you so much. All of you guys fuel my perseverence, and I really need it at the stage I am at right now (page 130. Previous thirty pages pure-D s&*t, but I will keep on).
Karen, eating is my best talent. Seriously. I will eat what anyone puts in front of me and probably ask for seconds. As a result, I don’t get within 5 miles of pasta. I’d be enormous.
Nicole, I would love to be a real rider, as opposed to the kind of rider I was as a kid, which was saddle-up and trot down the road a ways, then trot back. I would love to see you in competition. How cool!
Sherri, just because I sometimes take a stab at the helm of a sinking ship does not make me an organizer. But thanks
evlqn on 17 Nov 2009 at 9:53 am #
Lori, I have you beat in the singing dept. I got an A in Music class for NOT singing. I had a brain-dead counselor who put me in chorus while I was sick in the hospital. We were putting on Oklahoma and my teacher said everyone HAD to sing, until I did. We cut a deal, I worked on the scenery with my Art class (I was an A student there) and he gave me an A. So I got two A’s for doing the same thing.
I am good at sewing, I make garb for larger sizes, I can alter just about any pattern to fit any size. A couple of my customers are over 6′10″.
I am a good cook, used to cater parties. And I can keep people organized and on track.
Hidden talent, I am a finder. I can find things others have lost. And if we need something I can go out and find it.
Rachel Gibson on 17 Nov 2009 at 9:53 am #
I don’t know that I have any real talents. I see my writing as more a compulsion than talent. Oh I know what I’m really good at. Procrastination.
Alicia on 17 Nov 2009 at 10:03 am #
Oooh! Yeah Rachel! PROCRASTINATION is my forte also!!!
moozlady on 17 Nov 2009 at 10:04 am #
My obvious talent is cooking. I was recruited to prepare food for 30 people for the social time after church. Now that people discovered how much they like my cooking, I am serving 40-50 people instead of the 20-30 who usually show up.
I wish I was a really fantastic housekeeper. You know, the kind of person whose house looks like something out of a magazine and never has any dishes in the sink or clutter. I wish I could do it, it would thumb my nose at my ex. He expected me to spend my entire day making sure the house and yard was a showplace as well as waiting on him hand and foot and raising 3 kids under 5 while he sat in a recliner. His mom was like this and he had never experienced not having every item of clothing washed and hung in order in his closet or dishes not being washed as he ate the meal, or the entire house being dusted and vacuumed twice a day. My current husband is a prince and does half the housework although he works 70 hours a week and takes 6 credits at college and I am a homemaker. The point is to prove I am a success as a homemaker, although part of me recognizes I should not care what the ex thinks nor would be comfortable in a house so perfect.
moozlady on 17 Nov 2009 at 10:05 am #
….and curses on Zeus for the character limit! I kept having to go back and edit to make it fit since I only needed space for one or two more words
Julia London on 17 Nov 2009 at 10:11 am #
Evlqn, I wish I had a talent for sewing. I think it would be cool to whip something up for Saturday night. Apparently I don’t think it’s so cool to actually learn how, but I admire you for it.
Rachel, procrastination is definitely a mad skill. Jack London is the undisputed king of it.
Moozlady…MEN. Not all, but some. My father lives that way and his wife dotes on him, and she is still working, while he is retired. Old dogs and all that. And with three under 5, forget it. I have one under 5 and I employ help with the housework. Life is too short to worry about dishes in the sink!
Amy Scott on 17 Nov 2009 at 10:15 am #
I would say my obvious talents would be baking/cooking, also being a mom.
Where do I start with talents I would love to have! I have always wanted to learn to play piano. I know a few songs that my mother taught me when I was young, but I would love to be able to sit down at a piano and wow people. I would also love to learn how to swing dance, it just looks so darn fun!
I can’t think of one hidden talent.
Pesky on 17 Nov 2009 at 10:20 am #
Julia, there’s this amazing book called Born To Run, by Christopher McDougall that you might like if you are a runner. It talks about how various tribes run for the joy of running with few injuries and how to redesign your running so you can run for the joy of it. I’m in the process of working on some of it’s principals for my walking.
Hidden Talents: Music, I can pretty much pick up any instrument and play it. My Sherlock Holmes level of frustration instrument however is the guitar, which everyone I know can play. I can do the same with any computer software program. All things have pattern, if you discover the pattern everything falls into place. Art, I like to draw.
Claudia Dain on 17 Nov 2009 at 10:30 am #
Julia, I was *just* watching someone run a few days ago while driving to the post office (which is close enough to run to, but why?) and thinking how easy it looked–and knowing that it was super hard. That their lungs were aching and their heart pounding…and remembering when I used to run as a kid and never felt anything but exhilarated. And what happened to the me that used to be?
Your description of writing fits me to a T. It’s hard. It takes drive and focus and a lot of self-confidence. You have to *believe* that what you’re writing is good. That’s tough sometimes. Okay, most of the time.
Hidden talents? That’s a tough one. I can sing, but most people can sing so I don’t think that counts for much.
Julia London on 17 Nov 2009 at 10:37 am #
Pesky, I will check that book out. Sounds interesting, and anything that will make me like it more.
What is it about guitar that everyone wants to play? Count me in!
Claudia, I was just thinking that yesterday during the morning slog. I used to run all the time as a kid and it was truly exhilarating. I wish I’d kept up with it. Oh, and not everyone can sing. Lori can’t sing.
ladydawgfan on 17 Nov 2009 at 11:00 am #
I sing first soprano in my Church choir, but I can’t read a note of music. I learn my pieces by ear, and by listening closely to the organist. I also listen to recordings and memorize my music this way. Because of this, I can “hear” when we are flat, and my fellow choir members have commented that I am almost always in tune.
I am the shopper in our family, able to somehow find the best bargains. *shrugs* Maybe I just like shopping (except for shoes, blech!).
I always wanted to learn how to figure skate, but I have all of the grace of an elephant on roller skates when it comes to placing my feet in boots with tiny little blades attached and actually expecting me to stay upright!
Claudia Dain on 17 Nov 2009 at 11:02 am #
I’d like some proof that Lori can’t sing. Maybe at the next RWA conference? There are SO many microphones around, just begging to be used.
B on 17 Nov 2009 at 11:06 am #
You know what? I never feel good at something if I’m not the best. I’ve been reading all you writing and I think: “Well, I can do that, but my brother (or whoever) is better.” But there’s always someone better at everything, so, I’m doomed.
I have a talent: I am very good at annoying people. I can be the best at it, really. I just talk and talk and talk and talk and I’ll never stop. I can make them beg (especially my parents and siblings).See? If you need a personal annoyer, I’m it.
SheridanLA on 17 Nov 2009 at 11:15 am #
Here is my hidden and somewhat odd talent.. I am good at untying/untangling knots. I find it fascinating to try to untangle fishing line (yeah, I know.. just cut it, restring and go) and my friend had a delicate, fine chain that always tied into knots.. and it was easy to get out.. I don’t know if this is as much a talent as a love of puzzles..as it has to be solved.
My really hidden talent is that I can sing decently.. but only alone. If I know someone is listening or I am being watched, it is gone.. I have had other singers tell me I should take lessons.. but I just can’t seem to make my voice work in front of others. I blame my mother, the opera singer, for being so damned good that I am forever humbled by her talent.
I can also shotgun a beer like there is no tomorrow.. that is hidden now that I am a “mature adult” (snort) but every once in a while, I school a young’un on how it is done. It is SOOOO ladylike.
SheridanLA on 17 Nov 2009 at 11:19 am #
Julia… I would like to thank you for admitting that the stories don’t just magically appear from your fingertips in a burst of goddess glitter… (as I love it when all of you goddesses share the working perspective of writing)
as far as running… I am about to begin training for a run/walk half marathon… I am not a runner.. but maybe I will morph into a decent hybrid.
I know I will never be one of those graceful gazelles you see almost floating.. but if I can mimic a penguin and get my finisher medal.. I am ok with that.
Pesky on 17 Nov 2009 at 11:23 am #
Pesky on 17 Nov 2009 at 11:26 am #
B – You don’t have to be the best to be good at something. Be kind to yourself, relish the fact you do something well. It sounds like you have a lot of talents, so…what’s the one that you enjoy the most?
Alicia on 17 Nov 2009 at 11:32 am #
Sheridan!!! That is HILARIOUS! Kudos!
Karen Rose on 17 Nov 2009 at 11:49 am #
I’m good at seeing connections between things or people, specifically when it comes to how work gets done (or how it should). I never realized not everybody had this ability until somebody took me aside and told me. I thought everybody saw the world in flowcharts. Apparently, this is not so.
Julia, my dad is a runner and at almost 72, still runs 5Ks and outruns men and women a third his age. He used to get me to try to run, but it IS hard. As a kid, I’d end up taking a book and reading while he did laps around the school track on Saturday mornings.
I am getting back into my karate and am remembering more than I thought I would. I’m good at forms. My delivery is precise and smooth – or that’s what my teacher tells me.
A talent I’d like? I’d like to be able to draw well. That was always a big disappointment to me. Can’t draw a stick figure without a ruler.
Julia London on 17 Nov 2009 at 12:07 pm #
Ladydawg, you remind me of my grandmother, who played piano and organ by ear. As someone who took YEARS of piano and a few of violin, and did not have a natural talent, I was amazed to watch her hear some song then recreate it. Magic! And she couldn’t read a note of music.
Claudia, I wholeheartedly agree. RWA. Mic. Lori Handeland makes her “No, really I can’t sing” debut
Sheridan, there was a time I think I could have given you a run for your money on the beer chugging, LOL And good luck on the run/walk half. I have thought about doing something like that, but then I whine so much in a three mile space, I think not.
Karen R, I knew a woman once who saw numbers with everything. On people, around them, between things. And she knew what they meant.
Kathleen on 17 Nov 2009 at 12:09 pm #
I don’t think I have any real creative talent so to speak.. But I think I have a talent for being good with people and I have been told I may be a not so bad public speaker. I am often asked to be the MC at functions and I have twice been asked to give eulogies. I have an eye for personal details about a person and remeber those things we might have done together.. I guess I am just a social person.. Not so sure I have any hidden talents..
Sabrina Jeffries on 17 Nov 2009 at 12:50 pm #
Don’t let Claudia kid you–she sings very well. And not everybody can, trust me.
I have lots of hidden talents–I can sing, I sew, I make jewelry, I write … The problem is that I don’t do any of them brilliantly. Well, maybe, but not brilliantly. I would like to do them brilliantly.
I also would LOVE to be able to draw. But I have no eye for anything. I can’t look at two colors and say, “those look good together” or design well or anything.
But I do have the perseverance gene, thank God!
Nicole Jordan on 17 Nov 2009 at 1:08 pm #
>>>I can also shotgun a beer like there is no tomorrow..
Boy, Sheridan, I misread this twice. First I thought you were shooting bears in the woods. Then you were shooting beer cans. I couldn’t figure out why you were so proud of being able to hit a beer can with a shotgun, since it should be fairly easy if you just point the dang shotgun. At least one of the shot pellets ought to be able to hit.
Only the 3rd try did I realized you were downing beers, lol. I think that’s a real talent. My dh could have given you a run for your money back in his younger days.
Gannon on 17 Nov 2009 at 1:09 pm #
Thank God for the perseverance gene! Don’t know what I’d do without it. Seems to me that most women have it. Coincidence? I think not!
I sing fairly well, am a good cook (but don’t really care if I ever do it again)and I’m told I have a lot of patience, although I don’t think so.
Count me as another person who would love to be able to draw. That would be so great!!
Procrastination–I’m an expert!!
Nicole Jordan on 17 Nov 2009 at 1:11 pm #
Oh, and I don’t ever want to hear anyone say that writing is easy. If you dare tell me that, I’ll promptly strangle you.
Trini on 17 Nov 2009 at 1:15 pm #
Talent? mmmhhhmmmm I’m good listening the others and putting a little sanity when the others are nervous, also I am able to conciliate to two faced pairs (or it attempt), mainly because I think I have facility to make laugh… Hidden talents?… I’m a dreamer, I have a lot of stories in my mind… but only in my mind…
Julia London on 17 Nov 2009 at 1:21 pm #
Kathleen, being able to emcee is a huge talent. Look what they pay people like Ryan Seacrest and the DWTS guy! What a great gig, altho I don’t think I’d like the eulogy part much.
And Trini, putting people at ease is a great talent, too. Means you are probably a wonderful hostess.
Sabrina and Gannon, I am surprised a little by how many people here wish they could draw.
Nicole, I will hold them down while you strangle them. I was reading something by some author the other day — not anyone I knew, and now I can’t remember the name — who said writing just got easier and easier for her. it gets harder and harder for me.
Pesky on 17 Nov 2009 at 1:33 pm #
*crossing heart and hoping to die a horrible type of death that would then later be written up as a Criminal Minds episode* I will never say that writing is easy.
TrishD on 17 Nov 2009 at 1:48 pm #
My talents? I’ve been told that I have the patience of a saint… with a special needs daughter it’s almost a requirement. I can usually see both sides of every story… which makes me a wonderful fence sitter. I am great at balancing a check book… if anyone ever needs help I’m your gal.
Hidden talent? Give me directions and I can assembly/make anything from a gas grill to a book case to a bunny draft guard.
Karen Rose on 17 Nov 2009 at 1:50 pm #
Julia, I think if I saw numbers everywhere, I’d go nuts. But I do see arrows. Not the “bow and” kind.
I’m a little dyslexic with numbers. Made being a math teacher a little hairy at times.
Julia London on 17 Nov 2009 at 4:00 pm #
Trish, patience is something I wish I had!
Karen R, I think seeing arrows is just as…interesting…as seeing numbers
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Sweet Jane on 17 Nov 2009 at 5:19 pm #
Julia, I can really relate to what you say! I don’t run any more, but back when I did, I’ve always felt like perseverance was the only thing that enabled me to. To use Rachel Gibson’s words, I think my Dad experiences running more like a compulsion, for instance. I don’t. To me it’s a matter of faith.
Same with writing… I agree with what all of you Goddesses said. It was a revelation when I found out one of the main qualities writing took, was courage. Courage to look for the right way to express the right thing, and to go through all the details that a fiction story requires. And now I realize it also takes perseverance to go from writing something… to writing a whole book!
I’m not sure if drawing is a hidden or obvious talent. A lot of people don’t know about it, because I almost never draw. I’m just good at it when I do (yes, that’s kind of magical… too bad I don’t love drawing as much as I do writing). Speaking foreign tongues is a more obvious talent. Most people are very impressed that I can speak French, English, Polish, some Czech and some Italian. Although if they’d lived the life I’ve lived and studied what I’ve studied, they probably could too!
Lisa G on 17 Nov 2009 at 5:28 pm #
I can sew, write, craft and do many other things that come in handy at times. Yet, being the mother of five, I have many hidden talents that no one ever realized I had. I was always told that I had the patience of a Saint. It paid off fairly well when I tell my two-year old twins, “They may not have Oreos for breakfast, just because daddy does!” My stubborness I received from my father. I have the longest record of any parent that I know of when it came to grounding my also stubborn teenage daughter. I still use this talent to this day. I am terrible at sports because of a hip dysplasia I had from birth and I don’t sing or talk well in public. I am an incredible storyteller with a great imagination. My best talent to this day is that I have and always will be the most loving mother in the world. Just ask my kids, they will tell you so!
Freshechelle on 17 Nov 2009 at 5:32 pm #
Julia, it’d be interesting to see if that Author who thinks it gets easier to write writes good books or dreck.
Moonsanity on 17 Nov 2009 at 7:30 pm #
It’s good to hear someone say writing doesn’t come easy. For years I thought if I didn’t get this idea that came to me in a dream or a moment of inspiration than I couldn’t write fiction, so I stuck to non-fiction. It’s only been recently that I realized I could do it– it just might take hard work:)
Hidden talents- I can grow herbs and flowers. It’s a great stress reliever. I’m a cool mom, even now that I have two teens I’m hanging in there with them. I can bake things, and make a mean homemade pizza too.
I am in awe of runners– I cannot run. At all. Knitting, art, crochet– those things boggle my mind. I am all thumbs. BAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Karen Rose on 17 Nov 2009 at 9:59 pm #
Trish, what is a bunny draft guard?