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I felt like I was in a winter wonderland while running errands this morning! ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ #winter #winterwonderland #snowytrees #missouriwinter

My WIP centers around a community garden, and while we don’t have one of those around here, we do have our own #backyardgarden. Today the soil is buried under a blanket of white—a far cry from the green of summer—but I think it’s beautiful all the same! ☃️ 🍅 🥒 #backyardgardener #wintergarden #snowday #amwriting #writersofig #amrevising #gardeninthesnow #garden

I’m reading (and red-penning...yeah, I just made that up 🤷‍♀️) a chapter or two a day...slow and steady, keeping my mind on the craft of writing and my heart on the storytelling. ✨ ✨ #amwriting #amrevising #writerspace #whereiwrite #slowandsteady #heart #writersofig #writer #writersofinstagram #mgwriter #wordoftheyear2019 #onelittlewordheart

After taking a break all of December, I’m refreshed and ready to take on the next round of revisions on this manuscript. I hesitated a bit, scared I’d been away from Gideon too long, but within three sentences I felt at ease, even as I took to slashing words and rewriting lines. 🌼 🌼 There are dandelions throughout this story (in some chapters they give Gideon such trouble that he wishes they didn’t exist) but I think of them much like this story. Some people might see them as yellow weeds, but I’m choosing to see them—and my not-quite-ready manuscript—as blooming flowers instead. 🌼 🌼 #amwriting #writersofinsta #writersofig #writer #mgwriter #dandelions #flowersorweeds #amrevising #baymtgo #newyearsday

HEART — my word of 2019. Usually my word comes easy than but I think that 2018’s HEALTHY being a bit of a fail weighed on me. Though not a total fail (I did get on anti-anxiety meds and walked/hiked enough to keep my insomnia away mostly) but there were three surgeries in our family of four this year and two lumps in my breast and a mammogram. Plus the usual colds and overdue eye exams and dental work pushed off because of all those hospital bills. 2018 has been a doozy, but I’m still so thankful I got to live it! I’m going to spend 2019 focus on the things I control. Instead of looking at my manuscripts success, I’m prioritizing the time spent creating it. Shifting my headspace from “getting published” to “being a better storyteller than yesterday.” I’m planning to fill 2019 with more hikes and puzzles and snuggles with my kiddos and reading the books I own over library books and revising my current WIP! Here’s to making our own special magic (the kind found in our HEART) in 2019! #wordoftheyear #olw #onelittleword #heart

It’s the winter solstice today but it looks more like the autumnal equinox here. I’m not complaining, no way, no how. Today’s sunshine is beautiful, though slightly deceiving as it’s only in the 30s. After my kids said good-bye to the school for 2018 I shoved us all outside. The sunshine warming my chilly cheeks, oh my word. A gentle reminder that longer days are ahead. I savored the moments, holding the warmth close to my heart. (Also, closing my eyes to soak up the sun gave me a valid excuse to ignore my children arguing about which activity was more worthy of their time: yard hockey played with empty wrapping paper tubes or sidewalk scooter races.) #wintersolstice

My Top Nine of 2018: yoga, writing, new decor in my writing space, and finishing a first draft. I’m excited about what 2019 will bring! #topnine #topnine2018

I miss flip flops like woah, but I sure do love winter weather walks. ☀️ ☃️ Happy Monday, Friends!

I’ve been wrestling (a lot) with my writing/publishing dreams this year...really even longer. I’m still rolling around thoughts and plans as I ponder my Word of the Year for 2019, but I think I’m finding my way a little clearer this month. Part of that clarity comes from the support and love by those who surround me. @bankswrites is one of those lovely people! She sent me this amazing care package...I might’ve gotten teary when I read her sweet note. So, so thankful for those who are always in my corner! ❤️❤️

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