Writing

What is there about writing? It sends the bucket slowly down into the bottom of the well of my being and brings up surprises.
'Why am I thinking about that? When did that occur? I had totally forgotten! Oh, I need to call/write/send/go.'

Writing inventories and realigns the contents of my heart and sets my life on course.

I'm sitting in my favorite reading, writing, and thinking spot. No, not reading. When I'm reading for pleasure I love to be squeezed into plump pillows so that I can sigh in contentment as I enjoy a brilliantly written passage. But for writing and thinking  I sit at my desk in front of a sunny window with the best of all views: my bird feeder and bird bath drawing my flitting friends to delight me as they swirl, nibble and splash.

Today I am writing short passages in  my new book Traveling Through Time in which I take the reader to  places I've been and to meet the folks who have inspired (or appalled) me. I share the hair-brained messes of my youth to the awe filled moments of my maturity. None were wasted. They are my travels through time.

Have you read my first book? It's called Taking God's Word to Heart a 30 day devotional journal.
I'll gladly autograph it for you and send it. $15 plus shipping. Or you can get it through Amazon.

Back to my writing. Wanted to take a quick break and talk to you.

Love,
Cheryl

Preparing for Facebook Fast again

Well, I'm preparing for my next Facebook Fast. The last one was a huge surprise. I don't know what I expected but it wasn't what I got. What I got was an inventory of all of my flaws (well, the ones that were on the inventory) followed by a chastisement and a directive. The end result was wonderful peace, but then circumstances arose and I lost some of the victory. So I'm going to do it again. The first time I felt asked to do it by the Lord, but this time it was a decision because I saw the benefits. I don't know if I'll blog during the fast. I had intended to do so the first time, but it ended up being so intense and personal that even I thought I should keep it to myself...and I don't have many self-boundaries about 'personal.

So here we are. I'm going 'to start the fast October 2nd. Until then I would HOPE THAT I would limit myself on FB to 15 minutes a day but it won't happen. Why? What is it about connecting with people that I LOVE? I don't know.

I get up at 4:00 in the morning to connect with God and to find out what is in my heart...that is about 2 hours then.....boing!!!! off with the day and all its twist and turns.

I'm subbing M T and W. I hadn't intended to work that much. But I was in a car accident 2 weeks ago, and my deductible is $500. So I need to pay that off.

I do enjoy...no, that's a mild word....I LOVE the classroom.

My book sales. Well--my goal was to write and publish the book. I hadn't gotten beyond that. I've paid myself back for the cost of the publishing, but I really need to sell them...more of them. I just don't know how to do that.

So...that's it for today.

Wait! How could I forget the most important? Our son got married to an incredible young lady who is Chinese. There were two ceremonies: one a Tea Ceremony and one a what? regular ceremony?
I was concerned about the Tea Ceremony because I looked it up and it seemed steeped in spiritism and ancestor worship.

But in effect, the Tea Ceremony was the single most touching event I have ever experienced. 

See you tomorrow.