"Not Quite What I Was Planning"

These are Six-Word Memoirs by ordinary people who submitted their stories, within 6 words to a magazine who published their memoirs in a book.

"After Harvard, had baby with crackhead"- Robin Templeton

"I'm my mother and I'm fine"-K. Bertand

"Boy, if I had a hammer"- Tim Barkow

"I was a Michael Jackson impersonator" - Keith Knight

"Happiest when ignoring huge financial debt"- Ayanna Bryan

"Now I blog and drink wine"- Peter Bartlett

"Found great happiness in insignificant details"- Alisdair McDiarmid

"Said goodbye, hasn't shut up since" - Michael Collins

"It was embarrassing, so don't ask"- Alex Lindquist

"Artsy married Fartsy, has two kids"- Mary Organ


Some of my six-word memoirs:

I hate the dentist; bad teeth.

Can't be mom, I'm your girlfriend.

Tired of cleaning up after you.

Took lots of pictures, laughs now.

Patience is a virtue, it sucks.

Could live without cellphone and computer.

Could not live without my chocolate.