081 – Mary's One Hundred

and I am breaking #7.

I don’t like breaking rules I set for myself, so I will write one hundred plus Matt’s ten:

“Love, no one cares about the stories they’re not in.”

I furiously wonder: is this truth?

I’m afraid it might be.

I want all stories to matter to me: ones from Africa, from my sisters, from the kids I babysit, the introverts and extroverts.

But I’ve been to Africa.

I love my sisters, the kids I babysit.

I’m an introvert, extroverts fascinate me.

Maybe I’m in those stories by association.

What stories don’t matter to me?

Better: how do I make them matter?