This week for the writers workshop I am going to be talking about the age I always wanted to be. As long as I can remember I wanted to be 21 because I figured that once I was 21 I could do everything so there was no reason to get any older. Now that I am almost 29 I still want to only be 21.
Best part of me wanting to be 21 was that when I turned 21 I didn’t drink in fact I didn’t drink until I was 22 and now I still don’t really drink because I hate the taste and I hate the way it makes me feel. To this day I am not sure why I wanted to be 21 but I did. I still remember my birthday that year because it was a few months after I had my daughter and it was still a rough time for me.
It is crazy to me how everyone always wants to be different ages. One of my old friends always wanted to be 22 and she was never sure why. I have to wonder what makes us want to be certain ages and what not.
It is time for another Nails Of The Month post. I know I just did one but since I get my nails done every 3 weeks there many be a month where I have 2 posts. Anyway this time I got Hello Kitty themed nails. I am not a huge fan of Hello Kitty but when I saw a picture of nails kind of like the ones I have I knew I had to do them. I also worked out perfect because I am not sure when I will be getting them done again so if I have to file them down I won’t lose any of the main design on them.
I wrote a few months ago or so about my divorce being final and how it made me feel. I said in that post that I am okay being single which is totally true but I also get lonely. Now just because I get lonely doesn’t in anyway mean that I am not okay with being single. In fact I would rather be lonely than be in a relationship.
I guess I need to explain what I mean when I say I am lonely. I look at everyone in my life and they all have a significant other in their lives and I wonder from time to time if I am missing out. These thoughts usually come at night when I should be sleeping. Even though I get these thoughts from time to time I in no way have the desire or energy to try and find someone to date.
I don’t think it matters how happy you are being single you will still have days where you wish you had someone else in your life. I also am lonely because I don’t have many friends in my life. Now most of that has to do with me and what I have decided I want in my life. I went through the people in my life last year and cut out the people who I knew needed to be out of my life. I didn’t write about it here because I wasn’t ready and I am still not ready to talk about it. I honestly don’t know if I will ever be ready to talk about it and I also won’t put other people’s business out there on my blog.
Anyway this post was more for me to get thoughts out of my head than for anyone else. I also have a post coming up this week about how I feel about dating and how I hard it is to meet people in this day and age.
The Letters by Suzanne Woods Fisher was a great book. It was an easy read and to be honest it is right in line with the books I have been loving lately. This book you follow along with Rose as she tries to make a living after her husband’s death. I really loved Rose and how hard she worked to take care of everything and also how she wanted to make good on her husbands promises to people even though she didn’t know how she was going to do it. I don’t want to say more because I don’t want to give anything away but I can’t wait til the other books come out in this series because I am dying to see what happens next!
About The Book
Book one in Suzanne’s brand new series; The Inn at Eagle Hill.
Rose Schrock is a plain woman with a simple plan. Determined to find a way to support her family and pay off her late husband’s debts, she sets to work to convert the basement of her Amish farmhouse into an inn. While her family, especially her cranky mother-in-law, is unhappy with Rose’s big idea, her friend and neighbor, Galen King, supports the decision and he helps with the conversion. As Rose finalizes preparations for visitors, she prays. She asks God to bless each guest who stays at the Inn at Eagle Hill. Asthe first guest arrives and settles in, Rose is surprised to discover that her entire family is the one who receives the blessings, in the most unexpected ways. And she’s even more surprised when that guest decides to play matchmaker for Galen King.
With her signature plot twists combined with gentle Amish romance, bestselling author Suzanne Woods Fisher invites readers back to Stoney Ridge for fresh stories of simple pleasures despite the complexity of life. Fisher’s tale of God’s providence and provision will delight her fans and create many new ones. Welcome to the Inn at Eagle Hill.
About The Author
Suzanne Woods Fisher is the bestselling author of the Lancaster County Secrets series and the Stoney Ridge Seasons series, as well as nonfiction books about the Amish, including Amish Peace. She is also the coauthor of a new Amish children’s series, The Adventures of Lily Lapp. Her interest in the Anabaptist cultures can be directly traced to her grandfather, who was raised in the Old Order German Baptist Brethren Church in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Suzanne is a Carol Award winner and a Christy Award finalist. She is a columnist for Christian Post and Cooking & Such magazines. She lives in California. For more information, please visit suzannewoodsfisher.com and connect with her on Twitter @suzannewfisher. Get Amish proverbs delivered right to your iPhone or iPad! Download the Free App! http://bit.ly/134r55G
This week for the Writers Workshop I am going to write about 10 things to smile about because everyone always needs something to smile and/or laugh about.
Funny pictures off of Facebook.
Crazy memories of things I have heard said where I work. It is a lot like the TV show “The Office”.
Crazy things animals will do.
The fact that I am finally divorced and so happy to be alone.
Jenna Marbles videos on YouTube.
Crazy things that my Grandma & little brother say on a regular basis.
The fact that it is almost Friday! (It has been a week full of Monday’s for me)
Funny emails I get set.
The app iFunny on my iPhone.
Listening to music.
Those are 10 reasons that I smile. What makes you smile?
I few weeks ago one of the prompts for the Writers Workshop was to write a post about the word brave. I figured the first thing I would do is give you the definition of the word and then go into what the word means to me:
1. having or displaying courage, resolution, or daring; not cowardly or timid
The word brave is something people say to be because of parts of my past but I don’t think of myself that way. I have always felt I just did what I know I had to do. Now the choices I have made were hard but because I chose them doesn’t make me brave at least not in my eyes.
I think that people who stand up for others are brave or people who do what is right to them even though their family and friends may not agree with them. I think kids who are fighting cancer are brave because I don’t think I could deal with everything they go through and still be able to smile. I think of the women in other countries who are fighting to have the same basic rights as men have. That is what brave means to me.
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