Hi Jen,

Thank you for the kind words. They touched my heart and brought tears to my eyes to know someone sees the me that is a work in progress. Yes, in college I took the required writing class and aced it. The instructor said I had a great grasp of the English language and she loved my descriptive writing projects and said I would make an excellent writer and might want to consider that.

I've written a descriptive essay for a newspaper contest here in OR. many years ago, and won a $100 prize for it. There were only 3 prizes in the topic I chose to write about. The essays were published in the Chamber of Commerce newspaper and were online a long time ago. I've had my writing published in a national gardening magazine also. I'd never considered doing it as a trade though, except occasionally wished I could write a fantasy type book that had an underlying hidden message people would understand and be drawn to. Similar to what you described in the wise person on the outskirts of the village. You may have just touched on the thing I could be doing in my life. I'm amazed!

Maybe that will happen once I do more clearing and growing and can remain open and allow soul to flow more freely.

I did once write a small book of outgoing answering machine messages that were funny and rhyming. I changed them on my answering machine all the time and people were calling me daily just to hear those rhymes. They loved them and everyone laughed One of them was even about crows, which visit me daily here now and I think must be a spirit animal. I submitted them to a major publishing co. and got a rejection letter for it, though they did say they really enjoyed them. I was so proud. lol So that writing gift has been there throughout the years. Some things I've written have brought people to tears.

I just want to say thank you for reminding me of that writing gift. Maybe that's one of the types of magic I'll discover again. I'll be thinking on that and be very open to it. Thank you for being in the cheering section and for the support. It really touches my heart. I feel good knowing my words can be an inspiration to others too.

Sending you much love

Sherri