Celebration of a Week Well Spent

Thank you to Ruth Ayres for the opportunity to focus on celebrations every week!

I celebrate writing. I just reread my celebration post from last week and I'm grateful to be a writer, especially a blogger. I can look back and see such change and growth.

I celebrate risks. This past week I spent in a new place, meeting new people, and finally believing in my heart that I am a writer. Being surrounded by brilliant and supportive writers and being counted one of them, BY them has inspired me so much. It's changed me.

I celebrate the act of writing. Sitting down. Butt in chair. I celebrate the moments of despair and the moments of clarity that often follow the despair. I celebrate the work...the journey.

I celebrate the friends I made at this retreat. I can't say enough about these strong, smart, funny, inspiring women!

I celebrate a new goal. Writing a book. I've begun. It's at the very beginning...page 1, even before page 1...but it's begun. I want to write more before I share anymore here, but know how much I appreciate all of the support from everyone who reads and comments here. Those words keep me going!

I celebrate dreams.

I celebrate hard work.

I celebrate faith.

I celebrate writing!

I can't end the post there.

Here's an excerpt from President Obama's remarks about the historical ruling by the Supreme Court:

“...today should also give us hope that on the many issues with which we grapple, often painfully, real change is possible. Shift in hearts and minds is possible...because for all of our differences, we are one people, stronger together than we could ever be alone. That’s always been our story... today, we can say in no uncertain terms that we’ve made our union a little more perfect.”

Love Wins!

I celebrate love!

Here I Am

I haven't posted in a couple of weeks. I've been thinking for the past couple of days about this post...but I can't think of anything to write. Frozen in my failure, I want to quit, but I push through and show up here...even though it seems pointless. Who wants to read a blog post about nothing? I begin to panic a bit...Have I "lost it"? My passion for blogging? My ability to blog? Why can't I think of something clever? What do I have to say that anyone will want to read? (By the way, I'd have all of these answers if it was you asking the questions!) Should I quit? Give up? Accept defeat? NO. Instead, I show up. Instead, I remember the words I said yesterday to my seventh-graders, "Show up. It gets easier." Instead, I write and show grace to myself. Instead, I remember that blogging is a muscle that I haven't stretched in a while and I need to warm up, I need to take some deep breaths. Here I am. Showing up to the page. I'...

Someday...

Thank you to Stacey, Betsy, Dana, Tara, Beth, Anna, Kathleen & Deb for this amazing platform to write and share writing! What a wonderful community you've created! I'm honored to be part of it. Join us at Two Writing Teachers . Do you have dreams? Kids are good at dreaming. I find many adults struggle with it. Speaking for myself, I get so caught up in the everyday drudgery of life, that dreams get nudged aside until they disappear. It's important to have dreams. I've been writing about my dreams in my notebook and so I thought I'd share my dreams here... 1. Writing a book. While I'd love to get a book published, my dream is to write a book...to complete the act of writing it. I've started on this dream and it's hard and challenging and exciting and amazing. 2. Living at the beach. I love the water, the waves, the ocean smell, the seafood, the sand...all of it! The Outer Banks is my favorite place in the...

Chasing My Dream

I'm doing it. I'm chasing my dream. I've always wanted to run writing retreats and workshops for people, but I've always been too scared to do anything about it...until now. I don't know what's changed...maybe I've changed. I'm not allowing the fear to stop me anymore. I've started Selah Writing Retreats. The past couple of weeks I've been getting the business end in order. I thought I would hate that...I don't. It's scary, but I am surprising myself with how efficient I am. Yesterday I went to a bank to set up a bank account. The woman I met with was kind and helpful and so enthusiastic about my dream. My website is set up. I've done lots of work on it. I hope you stop by and let me know what you think. It's selahwritingretreats.com . Balancing creative with business has been challenging but fun. Creating the website, getting a federal tax id, making business cards, planning dates... My favorite voxer group is called Butt Ki...

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