FMF: Roots

I seem to be on a write-every-other-week kick lately.......I don't know, it's just been hard to motivate myself to write lately.....I blame it on the weather & my clumsy and slow desk top computer (which is what I have been using alot lately because it has a printer).

Anyway, here I am. This week's word is "Roots". I had two thoughts almost immediately. One was roots as in the things and people in your past that work together to make you who you are. And the other, strangely enough, was the roots that show when you've had your hair dyed. Funny, I know.

So, anyway.....here we go:

I have my "main roots", the childhood home where I grew up, friends and family that helped shape my life. They are a deep, beloved and important part of me. Precious.
And then, there are the other roots.....the threads which hold me to the people and places I've spent pieces of my life. Places and experiences...People who have come in and out of my life and left indelible impressions on my heart 
Some roots are long and wide, others short and slender. But each one is part of me. I wouldn't be ME without them.
Some roots have their touch of painfulness, others their eternal sweetness. But none can be discarded or cut off, not can be truly forgotten or completely ignored. Each root has taught me some sort of life lesson and painful or sweet, I am grateful for each one.

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