Each Precious Moment

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I am an "accidental blogger". When I launched my writing career in March of 2014, one of the things that I decided to include was my journaling, which I have always found to be a comforting and therapeutic endeavor. It was a big risk to open myself up in such a public forum, but it has taught me that, for the most part, we share far more experiences than we think. It's comforting to know I'm not alone! (*the "Button Text" is the link to my first novel)

Each Precious Moment

4/14/2016

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A Girl & Her Dog

Time is slowing slipping closer to the day when I say goodbye to the little baby girl who used to follow me around like a duckling, singing, "Waddle, waddle, quack, quack." At the beginning of May, when my youngest daughter leaves home this time, she won't be coming back as a child. Instead, she will be a confident woman who has put away the things of her childhood and is building year by year a fully adult life. But for the next couple of weeks...I get to sit with her on the sofa in the evenings, our heads together as we talk about the mundane and the fanciful. I get to watch her happy laughter as she embellishes in an old episode of "Match Game" (her favorite game show of all time, even though she wasn't even alive when any of the original episodes aired). I get to share cookies and goofy, childish antics with her, as she entertains me in ways that will make me ache once she leaves.

It was always coming, and technically my "child", my "children" have been 'grown-ish longer than I care to admit. I don't know how it happens so fast, although everyone I know from generations beyond my own have always assured me that it does. It's strange, really, how the older I get, the quicker time seems to speed up. I am also more and more potently aware of each and every precious moment that will last for barely a blink, but resonate for many years to come. So, on days when I skip posting a blog article, know this...I do so only because I have to catch those moments when I can.

Thank you for sticking with me! I hope you're all grabbing precious moments of your own!

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About The Author

I grew up in rural North Carolina. When I was only nineteen, I moved away and became a military wife. My only aspiration at that tender time in my life was to create an adult life that "fixed" all of the "injustices" of my childhood. Secretly, however, I wanted to reach for the sky! I wanted to be a writer and find ways to "save the world" (my mother used to say, "You have Save the World Syndrome".). Mostly, I wanted to matter.

Since then, I have learned to reach well beyond what I ever dared to think was possible. I've learned not to allow fear to stop me from whatever future I want to create!

What keeps me grounded? My Tribe! What provides the wind beneath my wings? A well of reserves filled with unstoppable passion!

From the Front Porch