Dec 26, 2015 | December Writing Challenge, Inspirational Musing
Today is Boxing Day, a holiday celebrated in Great Britain and most countries that were settled by the English except the United States. Some historians believe it started back in the Middle Age when the servants who had to work on Christmas Day took the next day off....
Dec 25, 2015 | December Writing Challenge
It’s Christmas morning and I’m waiting for my kids to wake up. It’s crazy how things have changed. It used to be that my husband and I would have barely fallen asleep before they’d come barging into our room ready to open gifts. Now I’m...
Dec 24, 2015 | December Writing Challenge, Grieving
The last few days have been full of triggers. First, there was the photo that popped up on Facebook. Even though I see the same picture several times a day when I look at my phone, it hurt to see it paired with a post that I had written in that moment two years ago. ...
Dec 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Today at lunch, a friend asked what three literary characters would I invite to a dinner party, and what would I serve. I took me a while to answer the question. Mostly because I tend to think more about the authors of novels than the characters. So it would have been...
Dec 22, 2015 | December Writing Challenge, The Writing Process
Day 22. I count the days much like I did when I quit smoking. Three days since my last cigarette. Ten days since my last cigarette. Twenty-two days since my last cigarette. Counting reminded me of how far I had come. It helped strengthen my willpower when...
