My Reflection & Questions for YOU

 

I write because I enjoy writing. I have always written letters, little poems, lists, thoughts, dreams and ideas. I love to write cards to friends. I fill journals and notebooks. I write on scraps of paper and the backs of receipts. In books I write my thoughts and questions in the margins. I always dreamed of writing and publishing books. I thought I would write children’s books. I dreamed of publishing a book of poems that would celebrate the beauty and peace of nature. I had a knowing, deep down, that I would write a book about healing, innocence and my journey to wholeness after sexual abuse. This last one is the dream that has been realized. I published “Restored Innocence” in December 2020. I wrote that book over the course of several years, in the midst of raising 4 boys. Taking the step of publishing, was huge and it transformed me. It was a risk, an investment and brought its own challenges. I’m so grateful for that experience and I hope to publish more books in the future.

In the past 5 years I have been increasingly intentional about making time to write in my weekly schedule. I revived a blog I started back in 2013 and began using that platform to share my current writing. This past year, 2025, I met my goal of posting every week.

Writing and sharing my writing with others are very different disciplines with different motives, insecurities and rewards. I’ve grown a lot as a writer in these past years of being intentional to both write and share what I’m writing.

As this year begins, I am reflecting on that growth and celebrating the accomplishment of writing and posting on my blog for 52 consecutive weeks!  I’m taking time to think of what inspires me to write and what I want to do currently. I’m praying and listening to God for what He would have me do.

While I don’t have clarity yet as to what my writing and posting will be for the coming year, I do sense that it is going to change. I feel drawn to a new pace of writing.

As I’ve thought of my blog and looked back over the posts of these past years, I have some questions I want to ask my readers. That’s YOU!  If you are reading this – I’d love to hear from you:

·       What do you enjoy about my writing?

·       Do you check this blog regularly? Do you read when you see a post on Facebook?

·       Can you share any impact my writing has had on you?

·       Is there a specific type of post you enjoy?

 

I would love to hear any feedback or suggestions. You can answer one or all of these questions – or none!

 

Thank you for reading!  For those who have left comments to past posts, thank you so much!  I am so encouraged by your comments and testimonies.