I’ve blogged about my decision to go alcohol free before ( I don’t drink anymore. But nothing has changed! (Except everything.) (myonedayisnow.blogspot.com) ) and I’m happy to update with the fact that I’m still on that dry road, one year and four months strong. I’m grateful to be able to say that in a world that is drowning in alcohol culture. I don’t need to re-visit the science behind what alcohol does to our bodies and minds, even in “moderate” amounts, because that information is available to us. I’m just thankful that I acknowledge those truths now and choose healthy. All that said, I am a human being living in the time of a pandemic. I’m a parent who has gone in to ‘mama bear’ mode of trying to keep things as normal and as joyful as possible for my six children despite the multitude of changes this year brought to them. I’m a police wife who has had many sleepless nights this year due to my husband’s job. Sometimes the weight of this world feels heavy. I know that you kno
Perhaps I seek accountability, or an occasional word of encouragement. Or both. I am going to tell others of the process of my books coming to be. I always said as a little girl that one day I would be a writer. My one day is now.