Buncha Stuff

Last week at this time butterflies were puking in my tummy. At 1:00 last Wednesday I had to present my program to the Outreach Coordinator and PR Manager at work. Just me and the two of them in a big empty room. Gulp and upset butterflies. As you can tell, I survived. I even gave them a little sniffle and tear to the eye they admitted--not because I was so awful. :) They were touched.

So on Monday I went to the retirement center and presented the program. Those people were so sweet! I really enjoyed being with them. In ten days I have another engagement for a totally different group so I don't want to gloat. But I'm thinking maybe I can do this.

Another thing that happened last week was on Thursday I teleconferenced with another woman who does widows ministry. It was great to talk with a kindred spirit. Our husbands died within a week of each other, same year. And we talked about this tremendous passion and privilege to serve widows and help them know God's great plan and purpose for them through this hardest of life's challenges and tests.

And then another thing that happened last week was this: WCP is near the top of 50 Excellent Evangelical Blogs! I was stunned and shocked. It was gratifying to see that all the work and passion I pour into it has drawn someone's attention. But you know what? It'd still be worth it to me if only ONE widow had visited the site this year and found some help.

Oh, and here's something funny. I've been invited to read some poetry at an art gallery in February. So I attended the January reading on Sunday night to see what it was all about--and to see if I thought I could actually do it. Yes, I think I can! (Enter childhood memories of The Little Engine That Could!) What they did was the poet came to the gallery ahead of time, selected any painting they wanted, wrote a poem about it, read it to the group of people gathered for the evening, and then everyone gets up to stroll through the gallery for a few minutes trying to guess which painting the poem described. It was fun. So I'm on Feb. 20.

So it's been an eventful week. Plus, I got almost all the lights off the Christmas tree yesterday.

Sad, isn't it?
Farewell, fair tree--
stuffed through the little hole in our ceiling into our attic--
 until we meet again.
WRITING UPDATE: Nothing new. But, I saw the new 2011 Christian Writers Market book at the library so I think I'll grab it and see if any publishers are accepting proposals. Just do it, right?

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Julee said…
I'm gonna do it, too! Yikes.
Friday, January 28, 2011
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