A writer is a writer…is a writer

A writer is a writer…is a writer

I didn’t know I was a poet…until I shared my poetry

And someone called me one

I didn’t know I was a novelist…

Until I sat at my computer one day and wrote one

I didn’t know what a blogger was…

Until I used it to share what constantly flows from my heart

And so became one

I didn’t know I was a story-teller…

Until a story-line played over and over in my head

And I would run across a platform that made it easy to share it…

Episode by episode

As a child…I wasn’t sure what I wanted to be when I grew up…

A teacher like my mom and grandma…was always at the top of the list

A business woman who travelled came after that

But it wasn’t an ‘I know that I know’…that’s what I want to do kind of situation

I can see now, how my constant questions to my mom about human behavior…

Mrs. Taylor’s press for me to take advanced English…when I wanted to shrink from the challenge…

My love for reading and writing poems since childhood…it all brought me to this moment in time

I had forgotten, until recently, about a short-story that I wrote in college, about my grandmother

It moved my professor and classmates in a way that surprised me

It’s amazing how much we forget…but can see clearly…

Once we start walking in our purpose and doing what God created us to do

There is no other sense of joy, peace and comfort…in my own skin…

That can compare to what I feel when I’m sharing what flows from my heart…

Not for selfish reasons, but to encourage, motivate, and inspire…

Someone who’s going ‘through a thing or two’, to never give up

And that they too…can get to a place of Joy and Peace

Joy and Peace mean different things to different people

For me…it’s that Unspeakable Joy…no explanation for it

As I grew spiritually, I noticed its presence…no matter what was going on in my life

It’s a special gift from God…not given, nor can be taken by people, places, things or circumstances

Peace…inside or out…can be hard to find sometimes, in the world we live in

But I believe that Peace-within is a priceless gift from God

Open your gifts…take them out of the box…use them everyday, like I do

Some of our gifts can be re-gifted…but we need these…

So hold on to them and never let them go

Let His Peace…become your peace and His Joy…become your joy

What belongs to us can be taken…what belongs to God…cannot

A constant flow of His Peace and His Unspeakable Joy…is my prayer for us and all connected to us!