Weekend Inspiration

So feeling this one today. There have been a lot of “Nos” in the process of writing and publishing books. Rejection is a part of life in any art form. Some love your work, some could pick it to pieces and then grind into the ground while smiling in your face. It’s just part of life. Some are builders, some are wreckers. Some say Yes! and mean no and some say NO! and gradually warm into yes. One day I was sitting at a stoplight checking emails (I don’t do that anymore because it’s against the law – just so we’re clear) and I got the dreaded email from an Editor looking at one of my books. We had been chatting for weeks now. There was hope – she loved my book, she was sending it to outside readers, it was going to be...

Weekend Inspiration

I spent the weekend with a couple who never cease to bring a smile to my face. My great Aunt and Uncle live in Provo and hosted me while I was there for a wonderful Writing Conference. Being in there home is like breathing fresh air from a mountain top. There are vistas, revelations, and a sense of warmth that you get from being so close to the sun. I love these people. When I leave I feel better – loved inside and out. We talked about silly and important things, she shared her hairspray, and one night we stayed up too late for sensible people. It was heavenly. There is something about genuinely good souls that radiates these qualities without strings or qualifiers. I’m glad to have them in my...

Weekend Inspiration

  Ah…Stephen Covey knows how to put it doesn’t he? I’m learning the art of saying NO to some things because of that burning YES. Lately I’ve been saying YES to a new arrangement with a fellow writer and lovely friend. She sent me a message one day with a singular idea to swap babysitting so we could take turns writing. She was getting Trouble, so I worried for just a moment before flashing her out a return message with the basic jist of “Heck yeah!” written all over it. Can I tell you how I had to prepare my head. How I had to set my phone on vibrate and only answer for her. How I had to tell my husband that between these hours on this day I am in an underground vault with no reception and absolutely unable to be reached...

Weekend Inspiration

  I used to just post the words – clear and simple. They sound so profound without embellishment…but there’s more. There’s a busy life with the  hurtling ahead of intentions and hopes. This week we’re wrapped up preparing for Trouble’s 3rd birthday, watching Mr. Houston pack for a campout with his Boy Scout troop, listening to the discussion of a new Charter School thankfully closer to home but possibly harder to get into. Weighing, measureing…celebrating. A thousand thoughts come screaming by while in an ordinary day. The ones that stick out remind me of what life is all about and I grasp onto them, Pin them on my wall and think about what they mean and why they stood out to me. These words and many others have been...

Weekend Inspiration

Weekend Inspiration