The HEA Cafe

I’ve been thinking and thinking for days what I’d blog about today. Earlier, I was thinking aloud as I often do (thinking aloud not talking to myself mind you . Well, my daughter butted in on the conversation I was having with myself and said, “Blog about how great your family is.” She smiled. “Tell them how I got up after you only asked me once and hugged you this morning.” 

You know, that really was nice.  A pleasant way to start my day. To make things even nicer – as my daughter also pointed out – I only had to ask her brother to get out of bed twice. 

That there was nothing short of a miracle. 

What a child. She’s almost eleven, and sometimes her wisdom surprises me. And it’s not only because of her bright ideas regarding my blogging. See one day last week, I again was mulling over how to fit writing time into already crowded days. My daughter said, “Mom, why don’t you just write for fun?”  

I thought, “Why not?” 

Who would have thought words so simply put would lead to a breakthrough for me? But they were.  

Well, one thing lead to another as those things often do and I started thinking about when I first truly discovered the joy of writing. I ended up pulling out a box of old notebooks filled with all of the novels I wrote in elementary school and junior high. Not only did I think, “Hey, there might be some good YA stories here,” but that was how I was going to do it. Write for fun. So my wise daughter and I headed out to the store and bought some brand new notebooks to fill my stories with. Now I’m carrying one everywhere. Writing during lunch at work. On my commute to and from work. 

You know what? I’m having fun. And I owe it all to a girl who’s about to celebrate her golden birthday on the 11th.  

Until next month, Joie  

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