Amy M. Schaefer
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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)
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Full Throttle

8/10/2015

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My First Camping Trip, 7 August 2015
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My First Time Tubing, 8 August 2015
I began this year with a trip to San Fransisco, California that I'd wanted to take for a long time. I enjoyed four of the happiest days of my life. What I've discovered is that the Cali trip has set a precedence for the months (...and hopefully years) that followed. In the time since January, I've lived a more wide open, authentic life than ever. I've added many more of those "happiest days" doing things I wanted, trying new things and truly focusing on having meaningful, conscious relationships with those I love. It's strange, in a wonderful kind of way, to meet "Amy Full-Throttle" but that's exactly what it feels like. It's also scary and exciting trying things that I'd been afraid to do before or simply never got around to/was allowed to as a child (...which truth be told usually involve getting dirty). I didn't know my life could be like this, I could be like this, but now that it's happening I wonder what took me so long to get here! I have Mama Schaefer in my ear constantly telling me, "Don't wait", the way she did before she died. Silently, in my mind I promise her I won't. Why are we here if not to live a life wide open, as full of love and experiences as we can possibly manage? For me that answer is simple...this is exactly why I'm here and it's long overdue! 
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    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!

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  • Amy M. Schaefer, Writer
  • Blog: From the Front Porch
  • Novels
  • Short Stories
    • Children's Books
  • About the Author
  • Contact
  • Photo & Art Gallery