Your Love is True How can you stand it to be near me with all you can and do see? The ugliness, mistakes I continue to make, just how much more will you take? I'll never be enough, just plenty ragged and rough. Yet, here you are, by my side, even when I've… Continue reading Your Love is True
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Moving Through the Storm
Moving Through the Storm Swept away by the torrential storm, no place to plant my shaking feet. I'm cold and the rain's beating down. I'm torn. I wanna give up. Maybe I just need a seat. My legs and heart feel too heavy, I have fallen hard to the ground. Worry and… Continue reading Moving Through the Storm
Two Rejections and a Double Rainbow
I had planned on talking about finally scraping up the courage to resume querying for one of my works of fiction. Though I received two query rejections I had sent that afternoon a couple of weeks ago, I saw a double-rainbow and thought, I just need to wait for the right literary agent to come… Continue reading Two Rejections and a Double Rainbow
Just As You Are
A dear friend and mentor, Nancy, had encouraged us aspiring writers to list expectations and hopes for a writing career and eliminate some that are potential hindrances to writing. For me, a keeper was and is: changing lives for the better. She followed that up by challenging me to ask friends how they want their… Continue reading Just As You Are