Journaling

It always says in the writing help books that you need to get in a habit of writing daily. One good way to do this is by journaling. I love journaling but I have never been able to turn it into a daily habit, weekly, monthly yes, but never a daily habit. I love getting a chance to write in my journal. It's the place were I can write all of my thoughts down without feeling like I'm going to get in trouble for one mean thought or one hurtful word. It's the place that knows me completely. It knows my struggles and triumphs...
But sadly in the last year, I have neglected it. I have let it be the last thing on the list of things to do. The one that could get pushed off til the next day and the next and the next. Yesterday I picked it up for the first time in forever.  When I picked up my pen, I felt stuck. I felt so lost in a new place. It didn't feel like my safe place anymore. It felt like a new person I was just getting to know.
I forced myself to sit there with nothing else better to do for a couple of hours and just wrote. There is just something about remembering the past and what all has happened. I am who I am because of all of the different things that have happened to me, good or bad. If I forget them, who am I?

Romance when You need it

While I was thumbing through my Facebook Feed this week, I stumbled upon the cutest video ever. When I pick up a romance book, it truly is like this. For a few moments I'm whisked away by someone. Just for those few moments.

Read more about Romance when you need it deal here...

Dreams of Traveling

 I have read many different places that the more you travel and do different things, the more you write. The more story ideas that come to you.  The more you dream. My hubby and I went to Canada about 3 years ago and it was so memorable and lovely.  I dream of going back and living in a cabin in the mountains just til a book is written.
There will be definitely flairs of Canada in my books -- whether mountains or their accent. (I wonder how you right that!)
This picture is one I took on the way through Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada! It was so pretty and then the last day in the mountains, it started raining. It was so peaceful and beautiful. I wished desperately that we could have just gone out to the mountains and dreamed for a while. I guess I will make that into the plan the next road trip!

I keep looking at the pictures and dreaming... Maybe that is why hiking has become my newest love! 

Traveling

 Now that my birthday is over and done...  I can't help wanting to go on a long road trip. I don't know what it is about spring and my birthday that makes me want to jump in a car and take off. It might be the promise to myself to do something new every year. Something meaning about anything! A tattoo is on the list for sometime..
When I was 18 or 20, I told myself that by age 23, I was going backpacking into Europe for as long as I wanted to. I was going to pick up random jobs and just enjoy my time overseas. I had decided to just go for it. I started to save. Then one opportunity hit to go overseas with some family as a chaperone. I jumped at it. Canceled. Then I got to go live in New York for 4 months doing Metro Minitries Internship. Money went to it. When I came back, it was back to college.

It all sounds like an excuse, but life happened and now here we are 10 years later. Still no trip to Europe, two trips to Canada...  But a girl can still dream right? Now to go plan something amazing for this year! Oh where to go? Where to drag my hubby along with?