The End
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Amen, sister. Dang, this year I faced a lot of my fear. And you know what? I lived to tell about it. In a way, it's kind of a let down because it is the end of all the different experiences I went through. Now it's down to writing and revising and book proposals and finding an agent. Okay, okay--that will be frightening in itself.
Yesterday, Heather and Dan's baby girl was born. She's healthy and cute as a button. I feel so grateful that I got to witness her birthday.
I guess I have nothing left to blog about. Hopefully, the only time I'm back on here is with good news or something. I don't want to be known as "the Death Writer." Writer would be nice.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Amen, sister. Dang, this year I faced a lot of my fear. And you know what? I lived to tell about it. In a way, it's kind of a let down because it is the end of all the different experiences I went through. Now it's down to writing and revising and book proposals and finding an agent. Okay, okay--that will be frightening in itself.
Yesterday, Heather and Dan's baby girl was born. She's healthy and cute as a button. I feel so grateful that I got to witness her birthday.
I guess I have nothing left to blog about. Hopefully, the only time I'm back on here is with good news or something. I don't want to be known as "the Death Writer." Writer would be nice.
And now for something completely different -- Life!
Yes, it has been awhile since I've posted a word on this here blog. It has been a tough month. I've been writing a lot trying to make sense of the things I've experienced in the last year, and especially the last month. I just finished an essay for Creative Nonfiction's latest call for submissions. It had to be on the subject of death and dying. Well, gee, how could I not send something in? It's called "Surrender" and it is about my experience in Texas. I'll just say it was mighty difficult to condense that story into 5,000 words. But, I did it. Now I can move on.
It is the holidays, in case you hadn't noticed. In regards to my thesis, I am now done with the death part. I have interviewed and hung out with some amazing people--people with tough jobs. I feel honored to have spent time with them. There are truly angels walking among us.
Now, I await the birth of another little angel. She is due in the first week of February. Her parents are amazing and she is a very lucky girl to enter into their family. They have agreed to allow me to be present at her birth. I feel so excited and honored to be given that opportunity.
Thanks for reading.
It is the holidays, in case you hadn't noticed. In regards to my thesis, I am now done with the death part. I have interviewed and hung out with some amazing people--people with tough jobs. I feel honored to have spent time with them. There are truly angels walking among us.
Now, I await the birth of another little angel. She is due in the first week of February. Her parents are amazing and she is a very lucky girl to enter into their family. They have agreed to allow me to be present at her birth. I feel so excited and honored to be given that opportunity.
Thanks for reading.