Audiobook (Non-Fiction - Memoir)
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EnglishVoice Age
Middle Aged (35-54)Accents
North American (General) North American (South West - Texas)Transcript
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Green Lights by Matthew McConaughey. Then in 1982, I entered the 7th grade poetry contest the night before the deadline. I showed my poem to mom. Not bad. Keep working. She said, I headed back to my room to work on the next draft a couple hours later. Happy with my progress. I took my poem to mom again. She read it. Said nothing. Well, what do you think? I asked? She didn't answer. Instead, she opened up a hardcover book to a pre marked page. Put it in front of me, pointed and said, what do you think of that? If all that I would want to do would be to sit and talk to you. What do you listen? It was from a poem by an Ashford. I like it. I said, why then write that? Mom said, right this, what do you mean? Do you understand it? Yes, but if you like it and you understand it, then it's yours. But it's not really mine, mom. It's an Ashford's. Does it mean anything to you? Yeah. It's like when someone you love just wants to sit and talk with you. Exactly. So if you like it and you understand it and it means something to you. It's yours, Right that and sign my name to it. Yes, I did. And I won the 7th grade poetry contest.