Welcome to my world! Well, actually it’s a world that I hope to share with other women (of a certain age– or any age where real life has you wondering if being a woman is so great) and even those men who want insight into the female psyche. It’s true, you guys don’t know everything, and you are more than welcome to read some of my “stuff” and entertain the notion that women only get better, brighter, and sexier when they just don’t give a fuck about impressing you or anyone anymore.
Pour yourself a cup of something- java, tea, or perhaps something a bit stronger. Pull up a chair. I’m opening up my trove of writings, musings, and snippets from my one-day-to-be-published book, baring more than a bit of my soul in the hopes that no one ever feels like they are in a bell jar, on the inside looking out.
So, there it is. A glimpse into the title of my blog. Wondering why Sylvia is looking for Erma? Well, it’s not meant to be a riddle. It’s not overly intellectual or pretentious. It’s quite simple. I feel that if Sylvia Plath, one of my favorite poets and authors of all time (who also happened to be incredibly tormented), had had a circle of female friends that she could have shared her angst and sorrow with, women with whom she could have heard the words, “Really? Me, too!” how her life might have changed, especially if that circle included the likes of Erma Bombeck, housewife turned satirist extraordinaire. Perhaps Sylvia would have endured. Perhaps, she still might have seen fit to stick her head in the depths of that oven. I don’t know. I’d like to think that one of our own, one of her contemporaries, would have been there to show her that the bell jar can be lifted in a variety of ways…and sometimes it takes a village, or at the very least one or two very determined women who want nothing more than to see every other woman in their shoes walk a little bit more comfortably. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying that Erma could have cured Sylvia’s mental illness; I’m merely pointing out that she might have helped Sylvia look outside of herself and find that bit of hope we so often need- that perspective that each one of us lacks- and Erma might have made Sylvia smile or laugh about the most inane things at just the perfect time. Those times when she felt there was no escaping the bell jar.
Sometimes I’m Sylvia, and sometimes I’m Erma–in my mind anyway. So, here’s the deal. This blog is about cutting through the bullcrap and showing you, all of the other potential, would-be, could-be, unrelenting, extremely fine women out there, that you are not alone. Ever. You AND I are in this together.
I would love to read more. This is a new territory for me and I don’t want to go alone.
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Thank you, Cindi. Stay tuned. Juicy post coming tomorrow
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My next post is up if you are interested.
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You will never be alone. We are here, there, and everywhere. Hope you are enjoying my blog. Lots of humor and hope! Best wishes, my friend.
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I am so happy to meet you and, speaking as a woman on the other side of fifty, I love your idea, your theme, your notion, whatever you chose to call it. So simple and so true. The added bonus for me is that it reminds me of my own sweet mom, who passed away two years ago, because Erma Bombeck was one of her all time favorite authors. Long before I was a wife and mother myself, I was entertained by excerpts from her writing (books and newspaper columns) that my mother often shared. Of course I didn’t fully get it then but I sure do now! Thanks for bring back some great memories.
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Nancy, thank you so much for your kind words. I’m happy that some of my sentiments resonated with you, and if they brought a smile and you had a “me too” moment even better.
Stay tuned. Sylvia and Erma have so much more to say!
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Hope you are still following the adventures of Sylvia & Erma.
Best,
KM
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Happy to have a place to enlarge that circle of women who support women in the daily struggle to survive with our sense of humor intact. Thanks to one of my circle who introduced me.
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Happy to have you share this journey, Alison.
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