My phone’s notes app is full of notes (naturally) boasting titles along the lines of “Story Idea,” “possible blog posts,” or “Story/character ideas” and such. Some of the notes’ contents are as simple as a couple of words forming the first threads of a plot,…
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Happy 18th Birthday, Big Kid! In Honor of My Son
The season felt so far off in the distance, yet it is upon me in a flash. Our son is a senior in high school, and he turned 18 this week. I’m sure all mamas think this of their sons, but Big Kid is something…
Reading Recap for 2022
Happy New Year! The holidays whooshed past us, and 2022 ended in a flurry. It’s time to set a new reading goal for 2023, but first, I’m excited to share I’ve read 82 books last year. After my mid-year reading check-in, I increased my goal…
Friendship and Sisterhood
The past several days, I enjoyed a richness of sisterhood I’ve encountered little since moving away from my dearest friends in my beloved Texas. The precious occasions to bond with my sisters in Christ over the past week stemmed from a Christmas party, a coffee…
Sometimes It’s Okay to Fail
November has come and gone, and I have a(nother) confession to make. I did not “win” NaNoWriMo this year. I knew going into National Novel Writing Month this November that it would be a challenge to carve out writing time and actually meet that 50,000-word…