Look Forward by Looking Back

From: Dec. 2022 Me
To: Dec. 2021 Me
“You invested in yourself and now a year later – are finally reaping the rewards.
But you wouldn’t have gotten here had you quit.
And you certainly wouldn’t have marked some items off your living list if you decided the path you were forging was too hard.”
Writing my first novel during Nanowrimo 2021 made me question everything I thought I knew

And when you learn how something works instead of just thinking you know how something works – it can either dim your flame or make you crave it more.
The latter happened in my case.
I have missed writing. I have missed writing for the art of writing. I have missed writing for the sake of talking it out with my inner voice, of letting go.
Falling in love again as the pain momentarily slips away.

My husband and I have been together 15 years, 16 in December. Some months we are more roommates than romantic partners. Other months we are more enemies than roommates. But most months – we are partners in crime, partners in fun, partners in….chaos. Oh and partners in parenting. We bicker. We laugh. We experience. We […]
GISH is Magic and Magic is GISH

GISH is Magic and Magic is GISH. Do something insane to learn how to persevere in the deep end.
Her cat ate what?!?!

Did you know that it is possible to not dread waking up on a Monday morning? I didn’t. In fact….I am still waiting for the proverbial other shoe to drop. My alarm went off at 7am. I went back to sleep because I wasn’t ready to wake up yet. Could barely keep my eyes open […]