What I Hope Counts for Writing This Summer
Lists
To Do: Home and School
Grocery
Amazon Wish Lists
Chore post-its that kids groan at
Emails asking questions
Texts
to the children who don’t respond to texts even though I know they look at their phones enough
maybe I should write them a memo, would they respond to certified mail or would carrier pigeon work better?
to the plumber
to my mom telling her we are late to the pool
to friends
How are you, how is your daughter, how’s your foot? How was vacation? LOL, so funny, right? I’m sorry, I’m such a mess, I don’t know if I can. How about tomorrow? When can we plan, write, shop, walk, hang out? Wait, what? This looks cool. Would this work? Cute bins at target now!
Notes from therapy
Recommendation notes for books to read, TV to watch, movies to see
Letters I’m writing in my head
to terrible doctors, toxic people
Scribbled math on post-its
Budget spreadsheets
Does
Clicking count as writing?
I click to check off my to do list
I click that little bookmark on Instagram
I click to save, pin, share
add to cart
proceed to checkout, deliver to this address, place your order
At school
I’ve scribbled and typed
Bookshelf dimensions
Wall dimensions
Bulletin board dimensions
Supply labels
Shelf labels
Book bin labels
Calendar numbers
Display letters
Even planning documents
Did I mention the school To Do Lists?
I’ve filled notebook pages
I really hope some of this counts
Especially
This List
On a Thought 
Made me smile. I love – “Does clicking count as writing?” This poem is something I think students would love. It acknowledges all the way we write and that writing doesn’t have to be done in a lovely quiet study away from humanity. All writing counts!
I’m reading this list of lists as a poem. I can see this transformed as an exercise for older students to chronicle all the ways they write w/out even realizing how often and how much they write.
How clever. I liked your mention of scribbling dimensions. Who knew we could count that as writing. I agree with others, that this could be a great jumping off point with students.
I hope it all counts! List writing is my favorite genre. LOL
It counts! Clever poem, satisfying ending. I love the bit about letters you write in your head to terrible people. There is a great honesty and authenticity in this piece.
Ona, what a fun list! Yes, it counts. I loved reading what you’ve been writing this summer. What a great question: “Does / Clicking count as writing?”