“Are you still writing?”

Several friends have asked me this question over the last couple of months. One noticed my blog hasn’t been updated in a while. Another told me she missed my newsletter in her inbox.

The answer? Yes, I’m still writing–
Journal entries documenting last days of school and first days of camp, bike rides, trips up north, and evening baseball games.
Birthday cards for a newly-minted 10-year-old and a dear nonagenarian.
Thank you cards for teachers, principals, administrative professionals, the best bus driver out there, and a sweet piano teacher.
Lists of groceries to buy, things to pack, gift ideas, books to read, and household tasks I’ll never complete.
Letters to my representatives and the White House, begging for policies that work toward peace both here in the U.S. with common sense gun legislation and overseas where we need to hold allies accountable and protect the vulnerable.
The dog’s medication regimen, scrawled on post-it notes for our wonderful dog sitter.
Emails!
Texts arranging playdates and dinners out, responding to birthday party invitations, asking for prayers, and offering prayers for friends.
Essay titles, children’s book ideas, character sketches, and lines for poems I may never finish.

I’ve also been working on a passion project, something that might never see the light of day. The words are flowing, and I’m having fun playing in my creative sandbox as I wrestle with plot lines and spend time with characters that bring me joy. I’m also finding joy in the freedom I have in this quiet work—the freedom to delight in writing itself, with no deadlines or expectations.

Yes, I’m still writing, wrestling with the cosmic and the mundane in a single sentence, overthinking punctuation, reconsidering structure, always trying to capture the brilliance of these sacred, ordinary days.

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