Happy Friday! It’s the beginning of another weekend, and it’s been quite a week here in Texas.
I’m sure if you’ve had access to any news this week, you’ve heard about the layer of ice that decided to blanket Texas. Here in the Dallas area, everything shut down. I know you folks who live up north will laugh at this, but seriously, we are not equipped to handle ice on our roadways. It doesn’t happen often enough to offset the cost of equipment to take care of the issue. So, everything comes to a standstill.
Here’s a glimpse of what it looked like. As you can see, this major freeway was covered and impassable.
And, of course, the schools were all closed. That meant I had two granddaughters to take care of while mama and daddy kept working. My son-in-law picked me up in his Tesla and took me to their house, where I stayed for two days. I didn’t know Teslas were all-wheel drive vehicles, but it sure came in handy.
The girls wanted so badly to have snow so they could build a snowman but had to settle for trying to slide around on the ice.
This was the view out their back door yesterday morning.
And next week, we will be in the seventies. I call it bipolar weather.
I had hoped school would resume today, but alas, they are still closed, so I have the girls again all day. Don’t get me wrong. I love my grandchildren with all my heart. But I was so glad to get back home last night, sleep in my own bed and have total silence. 🙂 Life will return to normal next week.
I have a sister who is the oldest in the family. Her birthday is today, and she is 87 years young! If you’ve read my book, Flowers and Stone, she was Norma. Her name is Norma Jean, but she always hated Norma and went by Jean. Most people never knew she had another name. We almost lost her two years ago, so we feel incredibly blessed to still have her. Here’s the last photo I took with her.
On the reading front, I am enjoying a book by a new author and will have a review up soon. It is another one of those too-real stories about a catastrophic event that shuts down the grid and puts everyone into survival mode.
I also recently downloaded a book from NetGalley that drew my attention. It had been a while since I had requested anything from them, but this note from the publisher did it for me: WARNING! This book is the most messed up thing you will ever read. So, we’ll see, but I’m curious. I’ll let you know.
On the writing front, I think I am finally over the hump with my WIP and ready to move on with the story. I was having trouble connecting with my characters, but with this last scene I wrote, I really felt them. That tells me I’m moving in the right direction. So far, I’ve had two rejections from the queries I sent out for my new series. I’m not discouraged. If it’s meant to be, someone will bite. I do think of it much like fishing. If you never put a hook with bait in the water, you will never catch a fish. And if I don’t catch a fish, I’ll do something different. It won’t be the end of my world.
I want to share a quote from the book I am reading. “Soul Teach” is a daily inspiration book with 365 entries. But what I read today struck a chord with me, and maybe it will you too.
“We can believe whatever we want to believe. And we can find a lot of evidence to support whatever belief or mindset we choose, so we might as well choose beliefs that empower us and move us forward.”
Dr. Michelle Barr
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