By I love my weekend mornings. They start with coffee and words. It’s my time to write, or in some cases, edit. The first few hours of the day are peaceful and quiet and I get to step out of the world I live in to inhabit some place filled with magic…well, mayhem as well. What good is a story that doesn’t shake things up a bit?
Anyway, I’m enjoying that part of my Sunday morning, working on the closing chapters of In Shades of Sage, the second book in the Shades and Shadows series. It feels good to be writing again. I’ve been stuck on the same chapter for weeks. Yesterday I worked out where it was going wrong and re-worked it, so I get to write fresh material today.
But, my time is short today because in a few hours I need to leave to head out to Stockton, CA to spend time with family. Not only is it Memorial Day weekend, but my niece is graduating from High School on Tuesday.
On the one hand, it doesn’t seem possible that she’s even old enough (forget that she turned 18 in January), on the other it’s kind of amazing to see the person she turned out to be. I vaguely remember my own high school graduation. For the most part, I was just glad to be done with it.
I was a very different person then, and I really didn’t see much future for myself, if I’m honest. I was surviving. For Vae, I’m hoping she sees a brighter future for herself. I hope she has dreams and ambitions beyond just surviving high school. I hope to see her shine as she moves into the life she creates for herself.
No matter what that future is, no matter what roadblocks get in the way. Don’t let anyone else tell you what your future is meant to be. Make it your own way. Be the future you want to see.
I’ll be over here with my pompoms cheering you on.
Natalie J Case 