“I have had the life I have had because I kept on being a barber, you might say, in spite of my intentions to the contrary.” What is it about Sunday nights that can sometimes bring on the long, dark thoughts, the heavy-hearted wondering, the every-other-breath-is-a-sigh? By Monday morning I know I will be ready to make a to-do list for the week, ready to move forward word by word. But Sunday nights close in, even late July Sunday nights, and everything can feel a bit on the downward slope. The opposite of Aslan’s call in
Well worded. Your experience brings to mind the words of another writer, Pam Munoz Ryan, who in her middle grade novel, Echo, says, "Your fate is not sealed. Even in the darkest night, a star will shine, a bell will chime, a path will be revealed." May God reveal the path.
Shawn, as long as you have the ability to create and share stories, keep on writing. Unfortunately, following a lengthy surgery forcing too much anesthesia in March 2019, my husband pointed out to my surgeon at my first post-op appointment that he felt he had brought home the wrong wife. Now in 2022 some of the reasons for that statement still ring true. All my creativity seems to have disappeared. Nothing I enjoyed in the past motivates me whether it's writing, music, quilting and needlework, homemaking, etc. I keep hoping something will turn that button on again, that creativity button. Keep writing, Shawn, please! God has blessed you with the gift of storytelling.
Well worded. Your experience brings to mind the words of another writer, Pam Munoz Ryan, who in her middle grade novel, Echo, says, "Your fate is not sealed. Even in the darkest night, a star will shine, a bell will chime, a path will be revealed." May God reveal the path.
Shawn, as long as you have the ability to create and share stories, keep on writing. Unfortunately, following a lengthy surgery forcing too much anesthesia in March 2019, my husband pointed out to my surgeon at my first post-op appointment that he felt he had brought home the wrong wife. Now in 2022 some of the reasons for that statement still ring true. All my creativity seems to have disappeared. Nothing I enjoyed in the past motivates me whether it's writing, music, quilting and needlework, homemaking, etc. I keep hoping something will turn that button on again, that creativity button. Keep writing, Shawn, please! God has blessed you with the gift of storytelling.
Yes. Keep writing. Definitely, keep writing.
And we love "Saint Katie" as well. She's a magician!
So glad you have "kept on being...", love your work!
Keep rolling, man. Love what you’re doing.
Beautiful, Shawn. Thank you.
Just love this.
I love this, Shawn. Also, we’re so lucky your intentions have continuously been unmet.
A share-er supreme. Thanks.