Over a week ago I completed my first graduate school class. Remember how I shared how I’m going back to school after a fifteen-year break? Well I began my class in the middle of May. June was mostly a blur thanks to this intense, half-summer session. The course really pushed me to my academic limits. Several people …
Whether you’ve been married for thirteen years like me or you are just starting a new relationship, at some point, you are going to reach messy moments-both literally and figuratively. I thought about this recently as my husband and I were giving solicited advice to a single friend who is back in the dating pool …
As I navigate forward in my writing, I’m trying to understand this vast, complex publishing world that exists around me. Digging into the publishing realm is overwhelming and often challenging. I have so many questions and just want some simple, straight-forward answers. So I did what any inquisitive, determined writer should do – I began …
I did it. I’m back in school, graduate school that is. I’m not as old as Rodney Dangerfield but I’m probably showing my age just by mentioning him and his film, Back to School. I bet most of the students in my night class do not even know who he is nor have they ever …
A crazy thing happened this week…I was on television! I was invited to be on a local TV station, BLAB-TV Pensacola to discuss the April 2015 Writers Digest Poem a Day competition I participated in. I was also able to talk about writing as a discipline and what inspires me. This was a wonderful opportunity …
On Thursday afternoon I went shopping with the purpose to buy a swim suit for an upcoming trip to the beach. I was determined to find one that didn’t make me loathe myself and covered up the necessary parts. Swim suit shopping for most women is torture. I can’t say I enjoy it. But I …
A colleague of mine recently blurted out to me, “I need some friends.” Her candid honesty surprised and refreshed me. I knew she had not lived in the area long. She was still navigating through this community. The only people she knows is through our employer. This woman is 27. And I never thought being …
Time Jumper (A short poem) In the stories I write Often my characters jump back and forth in time Like in life and writing I find it difficult To live in the present moment To not think back To not look ahead To wonder “What if?”
This scenario and conversation happened with my youngest daughter, age 2 (almost 3) this morning. It really happened. Nothing is made up or exaggerated. I’m sharing it here because it really made me ponder. What we discussed sums up parenting in the simplest way. The feedback also addresses the struggles we have at times with …
Recently I attended a “Communication Skills for Women” one-day conference. I’ll be honest; I went into the event not expecting much. With a general seminar and no agenda, I was skeptical on what I had agreed to for eight hours. Was it going to be all “fluff” and no substance? I wondered this as I …