Ever since I started homeschooling, I have read hundreds of books to my kids (this is just since November) and have really gotten into the great kids books and stories out there, most of which I’ve never read since my mom didn’t have the time as a single mother to read to us. I’ve even had to restrain myself from putting books on hold at the library because there are just so many good ones out there (I now have a running list of hold books–sad isn’t it?).
Anyways, one story that we’ve read lately has really grabbed my kids’ attention. It’s “Seven at One Blow” by the Brothers Grimm. I love classics and love reading the classics to my kids but this one was just one I grabbed off the shelf at the library.
It’s about a common tailor who kills seven flies at one blow and that becomes his mantra. He decides he’s better than a common tailor and sets out on adventures using his seven at one blow mantra to prop him up. Most people think he’s killed seven men or giants at one blow and not flies.
The version we are reading is by Eric Kimmel who writes in his intro: “The tailor is one of the most appealing characters in Grimm. There is nothing heroic about him, but because he possesses such supreme self-confidence he inevitably becomes the hero he pretends to be. As the saying goes: whether you say you can or can’t, you’re right.”
I love this. The guy so believes in himself and his ability to accomplish even the most daunting task, that it happens. He does it. He finds a way.
So, I’m going to begin believing I am a writer and a published writer at that and soon enough, the Universe will open up, God will step in, and it will happen.