I appreciate your vulnerability, as well as your heart. I am sorry you had that experience. <3 You are indeed a strong woman and your being protective is a good thing. Not enough people look out for

God's story is beautiful, isn't it? I am with you though--it's been a long process for me to realize that He has a better plan for me than any of the stories I have tried writing for myself.

Thank you, Sierra! I enjoy reading what you share on here.

Wonderful post! I am finally getting back into reading and feel like I am falling in love with it all over again. Books make life so much better!

Thank you!!! :-) And thank you for being one of my supporters!

Welcome to steemit, Amber! I enjoyed your introduction and look forward to your future posts. :-) Can't wait to hear more about your books!

That's true, sometimes seemingly meaningless writing sparks something more meaningful. Thanks for your feedback!

Thanks for reading, and thanks for the tip! I like that--treating that time to write as an important appointment. I will give that a try. :-)

Even if we rarely seem to happen upon that luck ourselves, what a difference we can make by simply going out into the world with the intention of making someone else's day, no matter how seemingly

Thank you! And I agree! We have the power, we just fail to use it.

Well this is just brilliant!

What a neat class! I look forward to hearing how it goes. :-)

Love this! Maintaining friendships is difficult, but oh so worth it!

Thank you! :-)

I agree! I guess that's part of the fun of writing is continuing to learn and grow, even when it means having to relearn the same stuff over and over.

Welcome to Steemit! Enjoyed reading about your adorable kiddos. :-) I look forward to more posts!

Another great set! Reading these is encouraging me to be better about practicing my writing. Looking forward to tomorrow's post!

What a great and helpful piece! One of the many beauties of the written word (when done well) is that it allows us to see the world for ourselves rather than being told what to see. I know showing versus

Well, I'm hooked! Looking forward to the rest.

Thank you! Will do. :-)