Sometimes, you need to begin at the beginning. This is a lesson I am learning the hard way. I’ve been spinning my wheels these past several weeks, trying desperately to get words written. It’s a two steps forward, three steps back kind of existence and I’ve been losing heart. I took a mini-break this weekend […]
And It Begins…
I thought that I would share just a little bit of what I’ve written so far in my novel-writing journey. Just a taste of what I’m trying to convey in the story of my leading character–whose name I’m not yet ready to share. Sorry. She’s still fragile and forming. But this little prelude has been […]
A COVID Sabbath
COVID-19 has created a worldwide need to rethink the way we do things. The things we take for granted have fallen away and we’ve had to restructure our lives and our ways of doing everyday things. Work stopped being at an office desk and started happening at our kitchen tables or living room armchairs–or sometimes […]
Note to Self
In writing the story I’m currently working on, after putting almost 47,000 words to “paper” I determined that the story was no longer going in the right direction nor was my main character portraying what I needed her to portray. So instead of starting over from scratch I decided I’d rework it, using some of […]
Starting Over
Writing is a process. So says anyone who has done it, for money or for pleasure. Writing in some form has been a part of my life for most of the years I’ve known how to build words out of letters on paper. Most of my writing has been quite personal, in journals, diaries, and […]
Here I Am Again
Life has been crazy lately, yeah? The entire world flipped a bit last year. COVID-19 popped its ugly little head into the world just as we were laying my father-in-law to rest–after pneumonia racked his body for most of 2019. It was a difficult season for us. We are thankful he is a peace, now […]
It’s Raining…Fish?! (And other “life is sideways” tales)
Last week, I can honestly say I’m not really sure why I was so incredibly busy…too busy to write, apparently. Looking back at my calendar, I had a date with my hubby (who was blissfully home most of the week), a doctor’s appointment, and…? Nothing else there. But life was apparently too much to […]
The Sky’s the Limit
At the beginning of the year I mentioned that I was wanting to focus on the concept of rest throughout the year. It’s now the end of July and As I sat down to write this I realized that rest is one of those illusive things in my world. Something I desperately crave but don’t […]
The Borderline
I heard a new song when I turned on my Spotify, early Easter Sunday morning. The song, A Place Called Earth, by Jon Foreman (of Switchfoot) and Lauren Daigle. About how those of us who hold Christ dear to our hearts, long for heaven while we’re still standing on this planet Earth. It’s beautiful, powerful, […]
Happy Birthday, Mom
April 19, 1932, 89 years ago, my mother was born in a small coastal town in Newfoundland, Canada. We had her on this earth for close to 81 years. She will be in my heart forever. She was funny and smart and a wizard with all green, growing things. And none of those things did […]
life in between... 