
Second Chances
Valentine’s Day was nearly unbearably painful for quite a while, falling just around the date when my ex-husband left me. It was an anniversary of…

15x31forArt Challenge: Finding the Flow with Watercolor Paintings
Fifteen minutes for thirty-one days. I called it my 15x31forArt Challenge, a way to bring a little peace into my life. My heart searched for…

I Once Was Something, But Now I’m Nothing
During my lifetime, I had driven through the gates of the academy as many different things. A girlfriend, a fiance, a bride, an officer’s wife, the wife of a Veteran, and now… well, now things are different. Now I am nothing. A “once was.”

Inspiration from a Feather – Are You a Bird or a Plane?
Inspiration from a feather – Do some moments stand out in your mind as pivotal points in your life? It almost feels like the author of your story chooses that moment to change the direction in which the protagonist (you) is headed. The reader comes to the end of a chapter knowing that the good stuff is ahead of them if they only just keep flipping those pages. And that one particular scene will follow through the rest of the story like a thread, overlapping and weaving with other pivotal moments.