It's rather fitting that some things come to a close on this day -- the last day of the year. I submitted my last entry into the Rooglewood contest this morning. I can hardly believe it took me until the day of the deadline to send it in because I'm usually earlier than that. And, even with the extra time I took, I still felt a little bit like maybe I could have done better if I had more time. But there was no feeling of regret when I hit "send." Mostly it was just a prayer that Rooglewood would hear the heart of the message when they read it and that maybe, if I win, they could help me bring the full potential out of my little story. And there was also a feeling, after working on these stories for more than six months, that it felt good to close that chapter and move on to the next one. I did it. I wrote them. And I'm really proud of them. Last year, the act of hitting "send" on my contest entry catapulted me into an anticipatory state....
This is a special thanks to Skye because she (?) is the one who rounded out my dozen. But, of course, it is a thanks to all of my followers because without any one of them, there would be no dozen. :D Thanks again, guys!
ReplyDeleteI'm honored to be your twelfth follower. I hope it continues to grow :)
DeleteYou have a wonderful blog!
Yay!! I love your blog! =)
ReplyDeleteYou are good for me, Emily. :) I love your blog, too. It's so full of life and fun and energy and homeyness and awesome photos and inspiring historical things.
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