It’s funny how quickly bad habits can raise their ugly head, even when you think you’ve chopped them down far enough to give you a bit of a break. So, as I’ve said in previous posts, I was on vacation last week and pretty productive. However, by Tuesday THIS week I found myself sitting in […]
Creativity Is Important
As I contemplated going back to work at the end of my week of vacation, I realized I was looking around the house thinking, “I really didn’t get much done.” Wait…what? I wrote every day for at least 5 – and most days more like 7 – hours a day. I have the structure of […]
What Can I Do?
Horrible things can happen in our city, our nation, and our world. Horrible things can happen in our neighborhood, and even – God forbid – in our homes. Yet it has been my experience that most people are still good people. Maybe not perfect – but good. Well, as good as they know how to […]
Dealing With Discouragers
When I run up against discouragement in my life, it tends to come from two different sources. First, I face discouragement from inside myself. That’s when I don’t think I’m good enough, or I’m not sure I can handle what needs to be done. The second source of discouragement in my life comes from other […]
Strangled By Books
I haven’t had time to blog this past week because I’ve started to sell books. I don’t mean I’ve become a bookseller. I mean I’ve started to sell my own books. I had a lot of books. A LOT of books. At the time HOLD ME was published, one of the fun facts I gave […]
Who We Think We Are
It seems to me that we are all two people – who we think we are and who we really are. Who we think we are is based on a lot of things. It’s based on how other people have seen us, and how we’ve been treated in the past. It’s based on who we’d […]