I was feeling discouraged about how things were going in my business recently when I ran into a dear friend at one of my favorite local health and wellness shops. After we hugged, she asked me how things were going, and I said something about being stalled–whatever I said, I’m sure my discouragement shone through.
Then she reached into her pocket and pulled out this crystal and put it in my hand.
“Take this. It’s fluorite. It’s for determination,” she told me.
This idea occurred to me when I was writing one of my books. My maternal grandmother had triplet sisters that, sadly, didn’t survive infancy. They were so tiny that they put them into bureau drawers to sleep instead of cribs (according to my memory of family lore, which may or may not be fully accurate).
I thought it would be great to honor them by choosing one (and maybe more in the future) of their names as My One Word to focus on for the year.
I didn’t get the engraved “faith” stone for this particular purpose; I already I had it. It’s flanked by an Amethyst and a Smoky Quartz that I love. I gave it a place of honor, a place where I will see it frequently throughout the day.
However, I have been working on broadening my horizons and doing things that I might not normally do, so I changed my mind and went with him.
And they should be.
Three days after he is declared the hero for finding the bomb at the Atlanta Olympics and saving lives, he becomes the accused. Richard Jewell was a unique human being with a unique human being’s quirkiness, much of which gets turned into circumstantial evidence that was used by the FBI and the media to try to make the suspect fit the crime. The FBI had Richard Jewell, and like Greg Brady on that Johnny Bravo episode of The Brady Bunch, they desperately tried to make him ‘fit the suit’.
NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH (NANOWRIMO) IS COMING!!
If you are new to NaNoWriMo, let me fill you in. In November every year, thousands (hundreds of thousands?) of brave people commit to write 50,000 words in one month.
People just like me.
Have you always wanted to write a book? Many people I meet do. Many have even started to but then, for whatever reasons that seem so important at the time, they don’t.
I used to be one of those people.
I was one of those people until 2010, when I discovered NaNoWriMo, and I wrote the first draft of my first book, a book that is now published.
I was looking for red tomatoes and for any damaged leaves. I found some of the latter and as I reached down to remove them, I saw a particularly thick branch. Upon closer inspection, I realized, that was no branch!! It was the dreaded tomato hornworm!
I am showing you a photo of the tomatoes, not of the perp! Because, focus on that which you do want!Hornworms have destroyed my tomato plants in the past so this time, I am determined to keep the upper hand. I researched a bit online and found some useful information here:
If you are also dealing with this issue, I hope the video helps you!
I am an author. My books are about relationships, trusting yourself, and being brave. I love writing about food, books, and holistic health.
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Karen Creamer
