Happy Holidays

 

I wanted to take this opportunity to say Happy Holidays. I will be taking this time to spend with my family as my chickadees are all home in the nest for the time being. 

Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. May 2023 bring you much happiness, good health and well-being. May the many blessings of the season be plentiful for you and yours.

Happy Holidays

Merry Christmas!

Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas. May peace and joy be with you always. Enjoy time spent with family and friends. Be well and God Bless!

Tis the Season

 

'Twas the week of Christmas
and all through the house,
all people were stirring
and flitting about.
 

Mom was cooking
and baking
and wrapping.
 

Dad was sweeping
and dusting
and fire building.

The children were snooping
and playing
and movie watching.
 

The house was ready,
the goodies baked.
Cards were played,
and meals made.
 

Soon it will be time to sleep and await
Santa and his reindeer
on this Christmas Eve.
 

Wishing you all wonderful time
spent with family and friends,
good health and well-being, now and
in the new year ahead.
 

Merry Christmas to all,
and to all a good night!

Happy Holidays

Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and blessed holiday season filled with much happiness, health and well-being. God Bless and be well!

Calm in the Chaos

 

I received this book today as a Christmas gift (thank you, Robin!). I haven't started reading it yet but cannot wait to do so. The title alone draws me as does the cover picture. But more than anything, the line, "Finding Calm in a Chaotic World," really hits home. How exactly is one supposed to do so these days?

There is much about our current world which is chaotic and scary. One could debate and discuss a great deal of it from many angles, but that is not my intention in this post. I am merely looking at it from a writer's perspective.

Is your brain as chaotic and addled as mine these days? Trying to put the finishing touches on the holiday plans (such as they are this year), taking care of kids or a spouse, managing life on the work and/or home fronts? I don't know about you, but my writing often gets pushed to the back burner this time of year which typically frustrates the heck out of me. I've been trying to finish up edits on a manuscript I want to submit by the end of December but seem to be shuffling the words and papers more than accomplishing final edits. I've been meaning to post on this blog far more often than the sporadic posts of the past though have not been very successful at that either. I try to keep up with the newsletters and webinar replays that arrive in my inbox though still have a few yet to go.

What I can say I have been far better at in this last month or two (or have tried to be anyway) is spending more time reading (which does help with creativity greatly not to mention comfort) and, most importantly, being more present in the time spent with my kids which does this mama's heart good! 

So when I read the cover of this book today, for the first time in a long time, I felt a peace and calm in my writing (or lack thereof) knowing I will hit the road running once again once the holidays are over and the kids have gone back to school/life. In the meantime, I'm going to enjoy and appreciate this time for tomorrow is never promised. A very difficult lesson many have learned this year more than any other. And that, my friends, helps me find calm in my chaotic world.

What helps you find calmness and serenity in your lives, whether it be writing or personal? I would love to hear what works for you.

Happy Independence Day

As we celebrate perhaps the most American of holidays while continuing to forge through these dark and difficult times, let us try to remember those who fight for peace and freedom for all in this great land. While the equality written about in the Declaration of Independence which led to this holiday is obviously far from achieved, I pray we can find a way to bring peace to America, sooner rather than later. We must treat others the way we want to be treated ourselves in an effort to honor the great sacrifice of those who provide us with "the land of the free because of the brave."

Wishing you all a very healthy and happy 4th of July. God Bless and be well.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year! 

May 2017 bring much wealth, prosperity and good health to you and yours and be filled with much writing success!

Write, write, write...edit, edit, edit...submit, submit, submit...and then CELEBRATE, CELEBRATE, CELEBRATE!!

Merry Christmas

Wishing you all a very blessed Christmas and holiday season!  Safe travels if you will be on the road. Enjoy your time spent with friends and family.  God Bless!