So Weird How Things Happen

In the middle of a phone conversation with a good buddy, on my way to the airport to fly back to Tampa from New York City,  my friend happens to suggest I check out a columnist in our local paper whose writing reminds her of mine.
 
The columnist’s name is Stephanie Hayes.
Once on the plane, I proceed to google her with the intent of reading a bunch of her columns. I never get past her bio. 
 
Why? 
Because, in her bio, she mentions that she is syndicated world- wide.  
I stop cold in my boots: World Wide Syndication????
I’ve been dreaming of that for decades!
 
I quickly google Creators Syndicate and click on submissions. Pretty straight forward: submit 4-6 columns, 500 to 600 words in length. And wait 6-8 weeks for an answer 
 
The last time I actually submitted columns for consideration, Huffington Post accepted me six hours later. This makes me feel Creators Syndicate is worth a shot. After all, I’m not a newbie.
 
I’ve written for scores of parenting magazines, newspapers across the country and websites galore. And not to toot my own horn, but I was cited as one of the most popular columnists at the The Huffington Post until they eliminated the category under which I wrote. 
 
Dilemma: Penning pieces for over 35 years, I literally have well over 1800 columns! How in the heck do I pick my favorites when I’ve written on such a wide range of topics and over such a broad spectrum of time?
 
My work is:
Personal
Informational
News worthy
Strictly bitching/venting 
Topical
Rambling 
Random as hell
 
 
My subject range:
Big boobs to bad hair days
Loving tributes to my husband and a few angry tirades to him too 
The joys and challenges of: raising five sons, being the sandwich generation, aging, the empty nest and moving to a new city 
The experience of: losing your parents, becoming a grandparent, parenting adult off spring and feeling – as I age – both irrelevant and grateful – sometimes at the same time. 
 
How do I choose? 
How do I choose wisely?
 
So dear reader, here is where YOU come in
 
Tell me your most memorable “Incidentally, Iris” column – the one that resonated with you, made you laugh, made you cry or did all three. 
 
Send to irisruthpastor@gmail.com
 
Thank you, in advance, for both your feedback and time. Both are very much appreciated. 
 
Becoming a world-wide syndicated column has been a life-long dream. I’d love for you to be a part of making it happen.
 
Thank you and Keep Preserving Your Bloom, 
 
Iris Ruth Pastor