Beach

Today was a beach day for our family! We only live 2.5hrs away from the beach so we decided to hop in the car and go. Of course the weather was calling for rain once we got on the road but the girls begged to “put their feet in the sand,” so I obliged. The clouds were prevalent, as was the wind, but the sun broke through the hazy cover. The sounds of the waves crashing reminded me of everytime I came up against a negative thought about my writing or a block I was having trouble getting past. It used to feel like it would never end so that I could get up and catch a breath. I’d let it swallow me whole and be incapable of writing anything, but I found a way to dig my feet into the sand so that I could stand as the waves crashed against me. That thing was the Twitter writing community. It helped me see that I wasn’t the only one encountering these issues. I wasn’t the only one that felt like a failure. You helped bring me from the darkness and my rut. Thank you.❤