One look at Katie Beth after school and I could see she'd been deflated. "Mom I had the most horrible day. I am a horrible writer. Writing is so hard and my teacher fussed at me. Oh mom what am I going to do because I will always have to write." Sob, sob, sob, SOB, SOB,SOB...she crumbles into my arms while tears flood her face. I asked, "What if you're not? What if you are NOT a horrible writer?" Everything shifted with that one question. "What happened exactly?" "Well my teacher was grouchy and she fussed and then I thought I was a horrible writer." Did she say you were a horrible writer? No . Did you feel very upset and anxious? Yes . Philippiansa4:6-7 "Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful
We write to taste life twice, in the moment, and in retrospection." (Anaïs Nin)