on the power of showing up
note: I wrote this post in April of 2019 (pre-COVID). It's been sitting in my drafts for quite a while, but I think it's time for it to see the light of day. It's been helpful for me to reread over the past few months, especially as I continue to try to make an effort to write, and I hope it can be helpful to you, too. i got an invite to a writers' group a few months ago, and i had never felt like more of a fraud in my life. it had been months, if not years, since i'd felt like a writer. the proverbial well of words in my heart had dried up, it seemed, and i wasn't sure if it was ever coming back. i agreed to go out of a sense of helplessness—i'd identified as a writer ever since i could remember. if i'm not a writer, who am i? i told myself that it was important to show up and act like a writer even when i didn't feel like one, because even though i hadn't been writing, i reassured myself, i still was a writer. but sometimes the words f
Ireland? YES PLEASE 8D That's a really cool set! I looove the necklace.
ReplyDeleteCeltic Thunder = Pure Amazingness. My sister and I watched their little Christmas concert-thingy on PBS this Christmas Eve... It was lovely. ^.^
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i'm currently in love with ireland. have you ever seen the movie "once"? it had the most beautiful music. a character in my book is actually irish, so hey, maybe a trip to ireland would help me understand her better. ;)
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