Life

Hi! Checking in to inform my readers about upcoming projects. It has been a while since I last published a book; so I am in the final steps to publishing one now. It is quite far from an autobiography, but this character has bits of me in her. There are things that actually happened to me in this book. I wonder if you can spot them? Well, hope you look forward to Annie Morwell! Oh, and my dear friend Marti is doing the cover art again. This time the picture is actually me when I was 18 or 19. Crazy, right? Anyway, I love this little story. I've just finished roughly writing another book.....a murder mystery!! It was so fun. Suffice to say I had lots of ideas while sitting through a boring seminar and hotel stay. Great time for writing!! I wish I could publish it right away, but it is in a queue of more than 7 books that I have yet to put in my computer. Oooff. I shall soon start again putting them in the computer. I just get so engrossed in adding and editing while I type that I spend way too long on each book. I actually wanted to write this post, not about my books, but about my oldest daughter. She just turned 16! I am spending a lot of time with her lately to get her driving practice hours. It's lovely. (ok so the white knuckle stress is not lovely). I am enjoying having her talk to me and I am getting to share a lot with her as we drive around. I keep thinking that I don't know where the past 17 years have gone. Our lives have been really crazy for so long that I don't give myself time to sit and contemplate what we've been through and how it has affected my kids. Not bragging here: my kids are amazing. Yes, they are quite human and deal with normal temptations and mistakes. However, when things get really hard, my girls can stand up and do what is right. My first 2 girls are only 19 months apart and they are very close. The 3rd one is 3 years apart and is often isolated. Recently, she was disappearing in our new neighborhood and talking to strangers. It was frightening! I thought I would be the one to always look for her and worry for her, but the other 2 were just as concerned as I was. They searched for her several times and gave her the safety lectures such that I did not have to say a word. Proud mother moment. She has since stopped going out without permission, just fyi. Anyway, I have to say thanks to God for being the one to guide these dear souls because I alone can do nothing.