Elizabeth's Writing StudioHonoring loss and letting go of what no longer serves us.
I know myself by my schedule. When I’m at home I have a routine, the people I interact with, the chores and tasks and daily driving routs that order my life. We go to the library, grocery store, work, church, school etc. and the boundaries are set, I am defined. Then comes vacation time, and […]
It’s so curious: one can resist tears and ‘behave’ very well in the hardest hours of grief. But then someone makes you a friendly sign behind a window, or one notices that a flower that was in bud only yesterday has suddenly blossomed, or a letter slips from a drawer… and everything collapses. Colette […]
My daughter regularly asks me questions as I’m tucking her into bed, the most common one is “Can I have a dog?” For a variety of reason I would love to be able to bring a dog home for her, for more practical reasons the answer needs to be “No,” for now. […]
Recently I shared my idea for this book with a published author and her comment with a somewhat negative tone was that it’s a ‘really tough market’. At first my inner critic agreed “You’re right, why even bother writing at all?” But then I thought, When did we become this nation of experts and oracles, […]
I have a confession to make. I ran a 5K. There I said it. July 12 at 8:30AM I ran, approximately 3.1 miles from start to finish. I’m still reeling from the shock, still processing the details. Me? Yes it’s true, no matter how I look at it I can’t escape the fact that I […]
A very dear friend just found out that she has skin cancer and will have surgery in two months or whenever the first available appointment opens up. Still in the post pregnancy recovery phase she learned this information shortly after delivering baby number 5. I wondered if she felt overwhelmed by this added complication or […]