Pinned

A book cover posted on Pinterest

A link to amazon.ca

Reality as an author draws closer

As I still await the arrival of 

My books to sell

And so it is time to move forward

To arrange a book launch

To officially present

My little mystery to others

Memories of Home

My brother posted photos

Of the old house

The one Dad built

And the memories replayed

In my mind

Trees, gardens, lying on the lawn

A bedroom overlooking the lake

[On a good day

A tiny piece of blue

Different from the sky

Could be seen over the house tops

And past the trees!]

The first place I ever had

A room of my own

(With a door that closes)

A place I could dream

Teaching

Teaching draws me again

As we have been asked to share 

Encouragement from 35 years of marriage

At a couples' event

And I have been asked to tutor

A young child in grade one

Which takes my memories back

To homeschooling

Toward Spring

The brilliant sunshine

Bouncing off snow

Has punctuated life this March

As winter and spring

Continue battling for place in our lives

Snow or melt

Overcast or sunshine that's

Beginning to hold heat

That radiates into our homes

Cosy sweaters are still wanted

But snowboots are being forgotten

At home more and more often

As the sun reaches through the

Snow piles to the very earth beneath

BFF

Best Friends Forever

Has become something to throw around 

So easily

But if the words are changed to 

Bought Free Forever

BFF becomes almost code for salvation

And the relationship standing we can have

With God

Through belief in Jesus Christ

And so also

The relationship standing we can have

With our spouse and with others in the church

Recap

A mystery on location in London, Canada

A journal of poetry

The Bible stories for vacation Bible school

A marriage seminar by a couple

Married more than thirty-five years

The list of books to write is growing

Book one is off the press this month

Book two is at the publisher's

Books three and four are still ideas

Waiting to be written 

But with confidence I can clearly say

"I am a writer."

Letter of Endorsement

The publisher has backed my book

With a letter of endorsement

And I'm awed by the encouragement

That has produced in me

And in Andrew

Feelings of anxiety have faded

For the moment

As the excitement returns

About a mystery novel

Published this month