I am participating in the March Slice of Life Story Challenge. Thanks to the co-authors of Two Writing Teachers for creating this supportive community.
Today marks the beginning of the March Slice of Life Story Challenge and my third year of participating. I began gearing up for it last week by rereading old entries, compiling suggestions and ideas from other slicers, and jotting down a few “aha, I could write about…” thoughts of my own. I decided to reflect on what this challenge has meant to me by creating an acrostic poem for my first entry. I began by listing as many words and phrases as I could about the experiences I had as a participant over the last two years. Then I started combining the ideas into more coherent thoughts, rearranging the words until they made sense and still fit into the structure of the acrostic. This is what I came up with:
Searching through the everyday routines of
Life with wide-awake eyes;
Involved in a
Community of writers who offer support and
Encouragement as I try out new
Organizational structures and
Find out more about myself.
Learning about each other
In humorous and touching ways and moving
Forward as a writer – what I have come to
Expect from the March Slice of Life Story Challenge.
I look forward once again to being a part of this wonderful community of writers!
Imagine the Possibilities 
Love this acrostic, Rosie! What a great way to find words for this poem, and what a great way to begin the 31-day challenge! A perfect ending for this poem! I look forward to reading your pieces every day. Something I have to do more of this time – searching through the everyday routines instead of always writing about the past. Thank you for a lovely beginning.
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SO true! As much as I enjoy and learn from other writers, it is always good to find out more about myself, too.
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Perfect description of this month of writing. So glad you are back for the third year.
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Thanks, Elsie! You were very instrumental in getting me started, and I will always thank you for that.
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Glad you are back, Rose. Your poem is a perfect description of SOL.
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EXCELLENT poem to start us off, Rose! You nailed it. Looking forward to a month of reading and writing with slicers like you!!
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Oh… I am second guessing my decision. It has been so emotional reading posts today — I do so love this community. Maybe I need to do it…..
Clare
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Jump in when you can! If something comes up and you can’t write every day, that’s OK. I always enjoy hearing your thoughts and learning more about you.
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Great acrostic, Rose. Your poem is a testament to the community of writers SOL generates. I love participating with you.
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Love your poem, Rose! A great way to sum up SOL! I’m excited for another SOL challenge!
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