Oh, how I wish I could find the morning-after inspiration to write a story from all the random thoughts that float around in my head when I'm trying to fall asleep. But because a good night's rest frequently escapes me, I resist the urge to get out of bed and start pecking away at the keys of my laptop. And by morning, most of the ideas that popped into my head jumped over the fence with sheep number 529.
It seems that every time I write something that I think is passable, it results as a possibility of publication. Don't get me wrong--it's not the motivation of money or even notoriety. It's just that I have trouble getting those random thoughts to really gel into a story line. I'm not sure why it's so hard for me, especially when writing is my passion.
At any rate, to those reading these pages, feel free to pass along ideas . . . I'd love to turn them into a story!
It seems that every time I write something that I think is passable, it results as a possibility of publication. Don't get me wrong--it's not the motivation of money or even notoriety. It's just that I have trouble getting those random thoughts to really gel into a story line. I'm not sure why it's so hard for me, especially when writing is my passion.
At any rate, to those reading these pages, feel free to pass along ideas . . . I'd love to turn them into a story!
From Darkness Into Light
Several years ago, I began this story for a local hospital tabloid when I was asked to write about my personal experiences with Alzheimer's Disease. Since then, it has been expanded and enhanced several times. Click here to read about the journey of my father as he faced the challenges of life with Alzheimer's Disease and how I gained a new appreciation for the man he became as the disease progressed.
Motherhood: The Good, The Bad . . .
The Wonderful!
A humorous look into the aspects of the hardest job in the world, this story highlights the journey of motherhood from pregnancy to labor and delivery, and all the joys (?) that come thereafter.er.
I Want To Be Like Mary
In Martha Stewart's heyday, some friends presented me with a t-shirt with a telling caption emblazoned across the front: I want to be like Martha! The b*%#h can do anything! At the time, I took it as a compliment that the Martha's of the world are driven to succeed. But now, a little older and a lot wiser, I find that I'm not so happy being like Martha . . . I want to be like Mary! Published in the March 2009 Issue of She Magazine. But now, a little older and a lot wiser, I find that being too much of a Martha can be both a curse and a blessing .
Published in the March 2009 Issue of She Magazine
Published in the March 2009 Issue of She Magazine
A Heritage of Honor
As my son, Dustin, prepared to deploy to Afghanistan in January 2010, my thoughts were all over the place! Since I find it cathartic and settling to put my ruminations on paper, I decided to write about this experience.
Around that time, it just so happened that a new magazine, "His Life", was looking for stories and I was honored to be a part of one of their first issues.
As I fleshed out the details of the story that was intended to be about my son's deployment, I found myself thinking about the events and circumstances in his life that led to this moment. And an entirely different story was born--one that I am proud to share and one that I hope will be a legacy for my sons and their children for generations to come.
A Heritage of Honor was published in His Life magazine in February, 2010.
Around that time, it just so happened that a new magazine, "His Life", was looking for stories and I was honored to be a part of one of their first issues.
As I fleshed out the details of the story that was intended to be about my son's deployment, I found myself thinking about the events and circumstances in his life that led to this moment. And an entirely different story was born--one that I am proud to share and one that I hope will be a legacy for my sons and their children for generations to come.
A Heritage of Honor was published in His Life magazine in February, 2010.
