Excerpt:
“What’s it really like to practice law?” I once asked a close family friend, a female corporate lawyer, before I filed my law school application.
“It’s not like on TV,” she said, “when you see all these big dramatic
courtroom moments, where you’re spotlighted enunciating your theatrical speech
and the scene ends with the smell of victory and resounding audience applause.”
Well maybe not your career,
my twenty one year old self thought smugly.
Mine will be spectacular.
John-Grishom-best-seller-to-blockbuster-spectacular.
A decade later, I found myself asked the same question, and
laughing as I repeated her answer, “It’s not like TV at all!”
Let’s face it:
for most of us regular Catholic folks, our lives are not reflective of Hollywood
movies, soap operas, or even the so-called reality TV shows. No one I know has amnesia. I’m not someone’s long lost relative
heiress... Read the rest herehere.
4 comments:
Thanks, Annabelle. I like your litmus test - short and to the point.
Hey, just thought I would let you know I received my medals! Thank you so much they are wonderful. Got my priest to bless them :)
Everyone's got a story... but none of them are edited, lol. I know that I often fail to do the simple litmus test. Thankfully, I've at least gotten pretty good at it with regards to movies!
Anyway, I nominated you for a "Liebster Award". If you'd like to accept and participate, check it out here: http://animakinsi.blogspot.com/2013/02/liebster-fever.html
Hope you're doing great! :-)
Ha ha ha we have stories but they're not edited..
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