Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Writers and life

You know how it is when you stumble across a writer who speaks to you... Who conveys your life in their words. Who captures your family in their books and their stories. Who somehow gets you.

For me, it's Alice Hoffman. I don't know how she does it, but I feel my sisters and my parents on every page. I relish getting a new story from her -- it feels like I'm greedily devouring an old journal that was spotted in the rafters of an abandoned house and it describes, vividly, my family and my life.

I hope one day I can thank her for the gifts she had given me.

Monday, July 06, 2015

Love and writing

Much newness is about to unfold
My world is undergoing another transformation
It's scary and I wish that I will emerge as a butterfly
And it's exciting
I love the prospect of change
What frightens me is that I make the wrong choices around all the logistics that are required -- financial, location, school, etc.
But they are not final, not definite and if I approach them as starting points and steps in the right direction, then I know I can't make the wrong decisions.
One step at a time. Towards clarity. Towards things clicking together. Towards my destiny!