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Day 10: Sisterhood of Bloggers Award
I feel alive when I write. It is the purest water for my soul. As I write these 31 days, I'm learning that the craft of writing requires consistency as much as inspiration. Artistic creation of any kind is not for the faint of heart. This act of bringing a new...
Day 4: A Letter For The Seekers of the Still
You know who you are. You are the brokenhearted. You are the survivors. You are the lonely and confused. You are the wise. You are the caregivers. You are the loved ones. You know there is more than the visible. You have won, and you have lost. You have been a...
What I Learned When I Met a Favorite Author
Call it a hunch or an inkling. Whatever it was, I clicked submit on the contest form to win an invitation to the book release party for Simply Tuesday by Emily Freeman. I rarely enter contests, but something or someOne nudged me forward this one time. I have...
Breakdown
You've heard it a hundred times, mostly in relation to a public figure: hospitalized for exhaustion. It sounds much nicer that way, as if all one really needs is a nice vacation at an exotic hotel. For my purpose, I am going to call it a breakdown because, well, my...
A Perfect Storm
I woke up this morning. What an obvious statement. "Of course, you woke up this morning," one might say. But for a long time, I didn't wake up in the morning because I never went to sleep. It was March 2014 and my life was hectic. I was working 30 hours a week as...
Roots {Part III in the Date with Destiny Series}
Continued from Date with Destiny - Part I and Date with Destiny Part II. The rain cascaded in tiny rivulets down the century-old old window panes. She stood there with her head pressed against the cold glass. A pretty 7 year old girl with straight, blond hair. Her...
Welcome To Seeking The Still!
It's Story Time & You're Invited It's story time, dear ones. Time to share. Time to come together. I have prepared 7 stories just for you. They are true stories from my life, but they were specifically chosen because they help you remember that there is hope and...
Overdrive (Part 2 in the Date with Destiny Series)
Continued from Date with Destiny - Part I. Please read Part I first. I am proud to come from a line of hard working, stoic German farmers whose family motto was work hard, play hard. My problem is that I have the work hard thing down cold. Play hard...not so much. I...
Date with Destiny – Part I
If I made a different decision, could I have avoided it all? Avoided the pain? Avoided the breakdown? Avoided the trauma? I ask that question of myself many times. For a myriad of reasons, I am confident the answer is no. Perhaps I could have staved it off for a...