Down the Rabbit Hole

 Happy Friday and Last Day of 2021!  I am both nervous and excited for a new year. Coming into 2021 felt like stepping into a new season. I let go and left a lot of things in 2020, some harder than others to leave behind. But as I enter 2022 I feel like I'm taking things with me and I'm stepping into my final year of college. I have two semesters left. This spring and the summer and then I am done. I'm nervous about what that's going to look like in the fall. My first fall in years without any college classes. But I also know that God has it all in hand. He has a plan and I don't have to worry about what's going to come next because I trust that He will take care of me and provide for me. If 2020 and 2021 has taught me anything, its that God's plans are always great than ours and I can never predict what might happen next.  Now! Onto the fun stuff!  Books I'm Looking Forward to in 2021:  Wishtress by Nadine Brandes She didn't ask to be the Wishtress....

 Happy Wednesday!  We made it to the end of 2021! I'm kind of at a loss as to what to say about this year other than it's been one wild up and down ride and God has been so good through all of it. I've struggled a lot this year with with doubts and imposter syndrome but even through those times He's held fast to me and for that I'm thankful. At the beginning of the year I felt confused and broken and all turned around when it came to my faith, but as I've reflected back on this year, I can say I'm ending the year in a better place. I still think there's some things I can work on and pray more about, but I'm definitely in a more stable and happier place than I was in January of this year.  As for everything else that happened in 2021, I'll leave that for the Life Stuff section of this post. For now, let's talk books!  Top Favorite Books of 2021:  Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber  Can this book have ten stars? Because this book dese...

Happy Wednesday!  Does anyone else have trouble letting themselves rest? In October I wrote the first draft of Desert Flower and then in November I wrote the first draft of Project Xion. I've been editing and revising Emerald Phantom for months and now have been editing and revising both Desert Flower and Project Xion the past two months too. When I wrote Desert Flower I was just so excited to write something I love again and to be so passionate about it. I was so excited to have discovered a fantasy world that I really loved and enjoyed writing that I couldn't help but write Project Xion. And now I got an idea for another book set in the same world and decided to start on it... and it's not going exactly as planned. Writing this book isn't as smooth as Desert Flower or Project Xion. It feels a bit like pulling teeth at times. And yet I feel like I need to push myself to keep writing it. I feel like if I don't do any writing in a day that my day was a failure or tha...

Happy Wednesday!  Honestly, I've been struggling a lot to come up with the motivation and inspiration to write on here. I love this blog and I love writing faith based posts on here, but at the moment I'm experiencing a bit of a dry season when it comes to this blog. I skipped last week's post because I didn't have a post and felt like I didn't have anything to say and this week... I still kind of feel like that. I'd like to write something poetic and pretty about Christmas or faith, but I don't think I have any pretty words in me right now. It may be partly because I wrote two first drafts in two months and am now having a little bit of burnout/writer's block.  Last December I had a lot to say. Every week I had a post lined up and ready to go. But this December I've found myself feeling like anything I have to say is inadequate. And that's Ok. Not everything that I need to post on here needs to be profound and amazing. I'd like it to be. I...