 Romance/Love: December 31, 2008 Issue [#2804] |
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"Life is a blank canvas, and you need to throw all the paint on it you can."~Danny Kaye
"Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it."
~Ray Bradbury
"Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them."
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As I write this newsletter, I sit here with a 103 degree fever( sicker than I've ever been with this year's version of 'Youdon'twantoget it' flu,) and home because I'm not at work (being sick isn't a good enough reason in my book) due to the lovely economy which sent my job flying out of a ten-story high window. Christmas is over, the living room is still a disaster area, and I just listened to a message on the answering machine from someone who has called six times this morning warning me of the dire consequences of not paying them NOW!
Love is a powerful emotion. I realize this so clearly this morning. (Which is not to say I didn't already know this.) It hit this morning when my husband (Love that word) brought me coffee in bed at which I groaned and, rolled over and went back to sleep. We chatted on his way to work and he mentioned that it is a good thing I'm not working or I'd be at work with this lovely flu bug and really miserable. Sweet man.
It was a wonderful Christmas, indeed, the best (really!) I've ever had. Newly married, my youngest daughter home from the navy for the first time in six years, most of the rest of the family around, cool, thoughtful presents, excellent food, a beautiful tree and much, much joy.
The proverbial belt has been cinched tight, I'm eying the candle supply, and the new year looms inexorably closer with financial news screaming gloom and doom and disaster of epic proportions. But we will survive it. We will muddle through one way or another. There are few givens in this life, but I have the most important one of all. Love. Pure and simple.
It won't warm my belly, but it warms my heart. It won't pay the bills or keep our ridiculously high adjustable mortgage from skyrocketing come January. I'll find another job. . .somehow. Even in Michigan, I will find one. We, and countless others, will do what we need to do, to survive and to, indeed, flourish, because we have the desire, the determination and the moxie to make it through.
Regardless of economic woes, in 2009 the newest grandchild will arrive in July, another daughter will get married (in the fall, possibly) and we will celebrate our first
anniversary some twenty years after it almost happened the first time. The lilacs will bloom, the bar-b-que will scent the neighborhood with roasting venison and we will rake leaves in the fall. Life will go on and we will make the most of it. We shall cherish all of it: the good moments and the iffy ones, the new adventures and the counting of pennies.
We, as writers, have been given a new viision of people, the world and our own surroundings. Let's face it: There is no story without drama, angst, troubles or woe to move it along. Happy endings mean the end of the story, and I'm sure as heck not ready for my story to be over! As we write, we have much, that perhaps we have not yet, in the past, experienced, to deal with. Always remember how much of our daily life experiences can find their slightly altered way into our writings to make them more approachable, more true, more realistic. As writers, we don't merely have to get through all this and consign it to the good-old-bad-old days, we can use it, recycle it, reinvent it and, hopefully, profit from it. Pretty lucky, aren't we?
In closing, I wish you all a new year filled with much joy, determination, faith and guts. I believe, in the end, we shall all be better for it!
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Did you overeat this holiday? Back on your usual regimen yet?
Read this one, for a smile and its truth!
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As 2008 wends its way into 2009, we must always remember, that freedom is not free.
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A bit of fantasy never hurts for escapism!
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spazmom writes:Great newsletter, and good thoughts. I think we use several words a bit carelessly in our conversations, and perhaps are more judicial in our writing...something to think about. Good job.I remember reading your story before -- and I still think it's cool. Good luck with the reception!
Thank you.
scarlett_o_h writes:Thank you for featuring my story in the Romance Newsletter. I hope your wedding is perfect despite all the frustrations leading up to it. You're right about those three way mirrors too.
The wedding was lovely and perfect and all it was supposed to be! Three-way mirrors...grrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!
emerin-liseli writes:Thanks so much for featuring my story in the newsletter. I got a lot of helpful reviews as a result. Smile Great newsletter by the way - I really enjoyed your story, and CONGRATULATIONS.
Thanking you. I'm always so happy when I hear an editor's pick has received helpful feedback! That is what it is all about!
Kristina adds:I really love your story here. A friend and I were talking earlier about finding true love and having the novel romance we all read. While she says it never happens, I believe that for each of us it does in its own way. Hope everything comes together.
It did! And I agree, it does happen in its own way. Actually living life as a romance novel, hmmmm, yeah part of mine does feel that way! What a way to look at our lives. . . kind of gives one a new perspective on our lives. Now just imagine: Folks are reading your story, peering over your shoulder (so to speak) and using you to escape their lives for a bit. Now I wonder, will they keep reading? *grin*
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