#OTR50 Day 36: Clean Slate

April 15, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Clean Slate Some evenings When the weight of the world feels heavy It is important to give oneself a break. Take a deep breath. Go to sleep. Start over again tomorrow. 329 Days to go.#OTR50

#OTR50 Day 31: Jigsaw Puzzles

April 10, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

I’m feeling encouraged. On my way. On the road. No clarity in the destination, but that feeling that if I keep on keeping on it will appear in the distance. A map will form itself with navigation to move me from this point to that point.I may not be sure what is going to pour forth from mind into word. But here is the crux of what I’ve learned in the first month. I don’t need that clarity to begin. […]

#OTR50 Day 30: Exhaustion

April 9, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

It’s one of those nights where I’ve waited too late in the evening to write. I’m tired and worn out from a rough few days of late nights working, sleep interruptions from random life things such as kids returning home late, loved pets being injured, late night powerpoints, parenting challenges, etc. as well as just […]

#OTR50 Day 28: Making a New Habit

April 7, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

I remember reading or hearing somewhere that it takes 28 days to form a new habit. I’d been looking forward to day 28 with this idea that I would feel some sense of being truly on my way with the #OTR50 project. In my mind, I equated getting to day 28 similarly to hitting close […]

#OTR50 Day 26: Human Rights

April 5, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

Today, my social media feeds were filled with thoughts on the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. beginning with this powerful image and post from Bernice King. I was thinking about the anniversary of the death of MLK all day. While we are farther along in many ways in this country. We still have so […]

#OTR50 Day 23: Autism

April 2, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

“If you’ve met one person with autism,you’ve met one person with autism.” ~~ Stephen Shore It is April 2 – World Autism Day. I’m paraphrasing some words from others within my circle of family and friends that I’ve been reading, absorbing, and building upon in my mind all day. As with other communities of people […]

#OTR50 Day 20: Poetic Drivel

March 30, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

I was certain that when I found the poem, that it would be placed on the right side of that page. I knew the line flow would be uneven and end just about halfway down. As I flipped through the pages, I also recalled that there would be a drawing in the bottom left hand corner.

#OTR50 Day 19: Words

March 29, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Some days, when I begin to fill the page, I do not know where the words will take me. I allow them to simply flow out of me like rain from the sky blotting up the white space. Other days, I begin with a vision, a story, or a goal in mind. Still other days, […]

#OTR50 Day 18: Road Sign Memories

March 28, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

Tonight, I have a true story to tell. I am also not sure if I have the words to express all the things I wish to have others understand. This particular moment in my life is tough to grasp out of memory even though I think of it every time I drive through Delaware. 22 […]

#OTR50 Day 17: Monuments to Freedom

March 27, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

I regularly travel for work. Sometimes I don’t mind it, sometimes I do. Sometimes it feels burdensome and irritating and then again it can occasionally be fun and exciting. I have most certainly been to locations I may never have ventured without a purpose outside of leisure. This post is written from Washington, D.C. — […]

Randi S. Sumner

Category: introspective writing