I may have mentioned this before, so forgive me if I’m repeating myself. Back when my first book released — my nonfiction book about late-in-life motherhood, not my debut novel — I had this thought: Maybe, just maybe, this will prove my value to them. Now you don’t need to know who made up “them.” All you need to know …
I always look forward to Mondays. I like meeting up here, starting the week with all of you, the readers of this blog — the ones who comment, and the ones who “lurk,” as we say in social-media-speak. It’s always fun to think, “How shall we start the week? What quote should I share with them to set the tone for …
Who do you think you are? No, really: Who do you think you are? I’ve learned that a person can look one way on the outside — calm, self-assured — and be battling a legion of insecurities on the inside. No one else hears the voice the condemns, the voice that mocks, the voice that brings to remembrance past …
Are you having a good day? Are you sure? How would you fill in this sentence: You know it was a good day if you ________________. In Your Words: I do hope you’re having a good day. I almost skipped the blog post today … and then I knew I’d miss connecting with all of you. I didn’t want the busy-ness …
I used to think of risk as a bad thing. Something to be avoided, if I was smart — and I certainly considered myself to be smart. And then I realized there were things I wanted to accomplish, dreams I wanted to pursue … and they were just beyond my grasp. I had to push myself, I had to reach farther, …
I can’t remember a time in my life when I didn’t love books, when I didn’t surround myself with them. A few beside my bed, one beside the couch, always one in my hands … I was often chided for reading while I walked, reading while I ate meals … and yes, reading in the bathroom. This last habit was a …
I like John Wayne. To be more specific, I like his movies. Some of my favorites are Hatari, Hellfighters, The Quite Man, Rio Bravo, The Searchers … okay, I’ll stop there. I had fun weaving my love of John Wayne movies into to my newest novel, Somebody Like You. My heroine, Haley, likes John Wayne movies too. I have a …
All in favor of determination, raise your hands. And how about trying harder? Anybody else out there ever gritted their teeth to help them get through something? Determination, trying harder, gritting our teeth . . . they’re all good things . . . . . . except when all our determining and trying and gritting our teeth turn into stubbornness. . …
I so often look at Friday as the end of the week — Thank God it’s Friday! — I forget that it’s a new day all in it’s own right. A wonderful day, as Maya Angelou said on May 17, 2013. I’m still adjusting to the reality that we’ve lost her voice, her insights, her courage. Today, I wanted …
I first read this quote by C.S. Lewis on my writer-friend, Susan Tuttle’s, blog: Steps Into the Abundant Life. I tucked it away in my quote file thinking I’d highlight it one day … and today’s the day. I’ve wanted to be a lot of different things in my life. Older — as in “Oh, I can’t wait to be 10 …
