I've returned to my website after trying another blog experiment. I've found that I most definitely prefer writing my quiet thoughts and happenings rather than attempting grander notions of gathering readership through this method of writing.
I don't count it as a failure, even if it is. I learned so much about myself and about who I am as a writer by trying something new. I know now that my heart is for fiction, and I'm excited about getting on with two stories I've begun and continuing the process of learning and growing as an author.
Just about every last ounce of my energy in this time of life goes to my family. I suppose that is the way it is when you are a wife and a homeschooling mom of four young children. God is teaching me to take a step at a time and not to try to rush or grab for visions and dreams that He hasn't allowed yet. It is the time of my life to give my all to my family. And that's okay. There will be days coming when they will not need me the way they do now. That will be okay too, and I'm excited to know what new adventures and ideas God will have waiting there for me to pursue and experience.
Life with Jesus keeps getting sweeter. The more I know him, the more I trust him, the more I am okay with this broken world being less than what I hope. This isn't the final destination. And everything that comes to me has been filtered through loving hands. There is no reason not to trust.
And so I will trust.
Picture taken by Kathy Kirtland.
