The She — Newsletter — 1.2021
Highlights from December
I get sad every time I hear a person say, “I don’t read.” It’s like saying, “I don’t learn,” or “I don’t laugh,” or “I don’t live.” ~Source
Doesn’t that quote go straight to your heart? I often say, “I write to breathe.” But my love of reading is as essential. And isn’t it true that through reading we are forever learning? And on those sad and troublesome days, isn’t it wonderful to laugh along with a zany character in a good novel?
I want to thank those writers who contributed to our joy with their insightful, personal, and instructional articles in December. In case you missed them, here are a few highlights. And just in case you don’t have a cozy fire to warm you while you read, I’ve given you one in our cover photo — enjoy!
- “I could have written one big lesson for every year of my life but just like a university student, I crammed by writing this just before finals night aka the month I turned 35 aka the age that most people consider to be beyond my prime.”
The completion of the FIRST book in the Sheiks of Ahalamin series — PRIDE AND AUDACITY.
“He was the last man on earth she wanted, but she was the only woman on earth he’d have…From the skyscrapers of New York City to the ancient sands of Ahalamin, two untamed hearts war for supremacy.”
She sits still in the fading light, tears on her face, paintbrush at her side. In the stillness, a voice says, “Why don’t you let Me give it a try?”
“Since then, I’ve asked multiple friends about their impressions of my “crazy eyes.” Turns out everyone had been noticing it and was just too polite to say anything.”
“On that night, I sat in the emergency room watching the glow of outside ambulance lights bounce on the windows and doors. My mother sat beside me, not offering platitudes: Everything will work out. It’s going to be just fine, dear. She was never that kind of woman. But she was there. Couldn’t that be enough this time?”
“It’s an unchangeable truth that we can’t change the whole world, but we can change our world, the world we create in our minds and heart. Through that change, we can then change our mindset, attitudes, habits, environment, etc.”
