Saturday, December 31, 2011

2012 and the world

If 2011 wasn't bad enough, the world is now supposed to end at the winter solstice of 2012. Of course, the world was supposed to end a couple of times this year, but that didn't work out, I think?

I am very happy to have finished the blog a prayer a day project for December. It was quite good for me.

I ordered Jodi Picoult's "sing you home" from amazon for $5. I thought the storyline sounded interesting in their online posting but when I read the introduction I was a bit disappointed when she said she was "writing in part about gay rights". I don't have a problem with books about gay rights but it felt like trickery not to let the consumer know that upfront. In the end though I think that Jodi did take a balanced look at the issue in that she presented both sides of the issue pretty accurately!

I am a wee bit sluggish today thanks to the silly cold. :(

posted by Aphra @ 12/31/2011 02:44:00 PM 0 comments

Friday, December 16, 2011

Pushing through

There was one day in the last week that I did not want to write on my main blog. Maybe it was yesterday, I can't remember.
It was worse than just not wanting to write. It was everything inside me saying I wanted to SLEEP. That I had nothing to say (I probably didn't). That I didn't feel like it. But I made a month long commitment to write every day. And except for the day that the copycheck was running and my computer was tied up, I have kept to it. Even when I really didn't want to!

posted by Aphra @ 12/16/2011 08:26:00 PM 0 comments

Sunday, December 04, 2011

moving out of the dark space

Most of 2011 has been a year that I don't want to live through again. I am hopeful that I am moving out of this dark spot. Thanks in large part to prayers. I am thankful.

I have committed to God to write a prayer on my other blog for every day in December. This has been encouraging me to write more regularly. Writing is good for me I think. Today I didn't really want to write but I wrote twice! I'll try to unpack more of what is going on as I am able!

posted by Aphra @ 12/04/2011 07:02:00 PM 0 comments