What Was I Thinking?
Life lessons in half a dozen words
Forgot brisket in trunk. Car stunk.
Frances Schube, 50, Dunwoody, Georgia
Art-festival organizer
Widowed too young. Remarried too soon.
Diane MacDougall, 56, Shelby Township, Michigan
Coding-quality specialist
Lent friend money. Believed him. Waiting....
Carol Griffin, 66, Alliance, Ohio
Secretary
Located my childhood sweetheart. Shouldn't have.
Jackie Glover, 67, Abilene, Texas
Licensed vocational nurse
Skipped college. Aged. Learned from life.
Beverly Shroyer, 65, Burleson, Texas
Retired municipal-utility manager
I should have danced all night.
Ann Koster, 72, Dallas, Texas
Former magazine researcher
Hearing missed. Case dismissed. Client pissed.
Edward Siegel, 79, Jacksonville, Florida
Retired lawyer
Market crashed. Hadn't sold. Plan B.
Penny Godoy, 71, Venice, Florida
Corporate officer for health-care and translation companies
Larry Smith, who selected these entries, is the founder of the Six-Word Memoir project and coeditor, with Rachel Fershleiser, of It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure.
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