Commas

Comma — n
1. the punctuation mark(,) indicating a slight pause in the spoken sentence and used where there is a listing of items or to separate a nonrestrictive clause or phrase from a main clause.

After spending way too many hours on a middle school play program, someone proofing it for me became the comma nazi, to the point where I felt like she wanted a comma after every word.

I, felt, defeated, by, a, simple, punctuation, mark.

Thankfully I have a group of fabulous woman surrounding me who know the difference between logic and a case of extreme punctuationitis.

Not that there's anything wrong if you have it.

However, when I get a long list the night before it goes to press, I tend to get a little cranky.  And of course I have to ask myself, 'What is this comma trying to teach me?'  I'm old enough to know that when something presents itself to me with such a force, I must not be paying attention to something in my life.

God knocks in funny ways.

So all day yesterday I kept asking myself, where do I need to pause?  Where do I need to make some separations in my life?   And of course, this comes to me in a week where there are no breaks, and there is no separation between home, work, wife, mother, and friend.

My to do list is abundant and not exactly in a good way.

Did that last sentence need a comma?

Sigh... I may not know where all the commas go in the land of punctuation (Mrs. Head would not be proud), but I do know that I am using today as a comma.

A break.
A pause.
Separating things I want to do and the things I need to do.

Today is about the wants, and hopefully it will make all the needs seem a little less needy this week.

Take a moment today to see where you could take a pause from real life and don't worry if you're using it the right way.

There are no rules to life commas.  Use as many as you need :)

Have a fabulous Wednesday!