Bobbie Blodgett

I find it to be strange, the way one can discover themselves in a time of crisis. After my uncles death, I began tapping into myself as a writer. I bought several books on screenwriting and read everyone of them. I already understood the story concept, I just needed to learn Screenplay formatting and rules. With my son still in school, I also had to stay focused on helping him succeed. He was having a hard time coping with the grieving process and started smoking pot. He had gotten caught with it at school and was in trouble. We participated in a program, through the Center for Restorative Youth Justice. The real punishment for me as a parent, was having to sit in a room with other parents, passing the blame on the absent parent. Each parent was asked to tell their child how they felt about them being there and how it effected them personally, by getting into trouble. By the time it had come to being my turn to talk, I was very irritated, I made it very clear that I wasn't t...

I felt as if I had gone from doing 150 miles per hour, to ten. Sitting at a desk all day long, wearing a headset on my head was driving me crazy. I started working in retail when I was 15, I learned Customer Service fast. I was able to deal with a raging customer, face to face, yelling at me. I couldn't handle having someone yelling at me with a headset on my head. My daughter was looking for her first job and through an acquaintance that I had from the Casino, she was hired at a Pretzel shop  in the mall. I had gotten a surprising phone call from the manager, the owner wanted to meet me and had a job offer for me. I knew that sitting at a desk was driving me crazy, so I called and met with him. I was offered $45,000.00 per year to manage his Pizza place. I was happy, gave my notice and went to work for him right away. The first week was  fine, I was learning everything about Pizza. The second week, he changed and decided that he wanted me working from 8 am to midnight, s...

Dear Loyal Readers, I am trying to get better at posting once a week, instead of once a month. This time, my gap is due to my Mamma passing away. The past few weeks have been heart breaking, but I know she is in a better place, heaven. Most of you know, she was my grandmother but raised me from birth, she was my Mamma and my best friend. I will talk more about her in a future post. Now back to sharing my life story with you. I was feeling defeated, by having to move into low income housing. I was far away and moving in the opposite direction, from my goals. I was feeling frustrated, yet trying to accept where I was at in life. I had given up on my writing, put away my notebooks and my computer sat in a corner, unused and collecting dust. I learned the hard way quickly that there are negative people in this world, that enjoy kicking people while they are down. The boss that I had at the time, started becoming to involved in my life, to put it politely. There had been several comm...