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My Goodreads Giveaway is Live!
My Goodreads Giveaway for the Kindle version of my book, Trust the Timing, is live!
From February 12 through February 28th, you can enter to win my e-book!
It’s a true story about first loves, lost loves, and how I became ready for the love of my life.
Categories: Love, Perfect Timing, Relationships, Trust the Timing, Writing | Tags: first loves, Goodreads, lost loves, Love, true story | Permalink.
They Found Each Other Again After 71 Years!
Norwood and Joyce met and fell in love in London during WWII. After he returned to the US, a miscommunication in one of his letters ended the relationship. This could be a reminder to be more clear in our writing, or maybe the time just wasn’t right.
But you never know what surprises are waiting down the road. Norwood and Joyce found each other again 71 years later. The timing must have been perfect.
Got good news? Feel free to share! It can be global, local, or personal.
Categories: Good News, Hope, Love, Perfect Timing, Trust the Timing | Tags: good news, Love, Perfect Timing | Permalink.
On that title only? Well, that’s different. And clever. But this is my Stream of Consciousness, so I don’t know if I can keep my own book title from creeping in to the stream. You never know.
I thought about moving my book to the nightstand for just one tiny second. It WAS there just two days ago. But my usual tendency toward honesty chased that temptation away with a tsk, tsk. What I am reading now, what I’ve been reading for quite a while, because I’m such an embarrassingly slow reader, is the book, When God Says Wait. I’m afraid to look back and see if I posted about this book before, because it might tell me how long I’ve been at it. It’s a good book! But I’m S L O W. Like always the last one done on tests in school slow.
But I can’t blame the fact that I’m still reading this book on being a slow reader. Reading books seems to be the last thing on my list – after blog posts, reading other blogs, comments, responding to comments, book marketing, book technicalities, taking my daughter to work because her car broke down, and all the other things that come before reading a book, even though I love reading books.
When God Says Wait is very closely related to my book. It’s like the “how to” guide to my story. I thought about titling my book, Perfect Timing…. God’s timing was perfect. But who likes to wait? Right now, I’m waiting for my e-book to be up next to the paperback. This whole thing has taken sooooo long. But I guess God knows I need to learn this lesson of waiting and trusting better, like when you pray for patience and then get all these opportunities to practice.
I’m going to finish reading When God Says Wait (by Elizabeth Laing Thompson) very soon. I’m going to schedule an appointment with this book – a date with a book – and not wait. I just put an appointment in my phone, with an alert, for Wednesday at 11:00 AM. But I might not wait til then. Depends on what God says.
Categories: God, Perfect Timing, SOC, Trust the Timing, Writing | Tags: #SoCS, book, God, wait | Permalink.
Our bodies will give us signs. Like acid reflux or upset stomach when stressed. At least mine does. My acid reflux is always an indicator of stress, or eating too fast. I ignored the signs that my post-divorce rebound, aka, the “rebound from hell,” was not a good fit. I ignored the fact that he drank a lot. (Maybe I could help him with that – OMG was I messed up!) I ignored the jealousy – accusations that I must have been with someone when he couldn’t get up with me, or “out of pocket,” as he later called it. Oh, how I hate that expression and the memory of it.
I ignored the little voice in my head that maybe I could do better. I was seriously wounded. My body gave me other signs too – a mysterious female ailment that would not get better. My body knew he wasn’t good for me.
But years after the rebound from hell ended, my body got better. Eventually, I knew I was better off not dating anyone. So, after five years of celibacy, I was hesitant. Fearful. Nervous, yet excited about the man from my long ago past. My high school sweetheart. People change a lot in 39 years, I told myself. BE CAREFUL!
But God gave me signs that had to do with timing. Should I give it away? Did I give it away in an earlier post? It’s in my book which comes out sometime this summer. Let me just say that I had made a promise to myself that I wouldn’t do something until something else happened. The timing of when my high school sweetheart re-appeared fit right in to this promise. And there was another promise about a criminal background check before falling in love again. The way he responded when I told him that was a sign of honor and respect.
When some one honors you and helps you keep your promises to yourself, that means a lot. My body felt comfortable and safe with him. Excited and aroused, too, after five years of celibacy. But I had learned that you can’t trust just that kind of arousal. I had to have the safety and comfort, too. And respect. I’ve read that respect is really important to men and being listened to is most important to women. Well, I can tell you that I want respect, too. And joy. And feeling safe. All those things are part of being loved and loving.
If I had not found all those good qualities in another person, I was prepared to stay single, celibate, and solo, with friends and dogs for company. Being willing to stay single was my strength. I had finally learned to honor, love, and respect myself enough to be in a healthy relationship.
I just have to bend the rules and enter another stream of consciousness to add this sign which I forgot about. Dang. I wish I’d written about this sign. Well, another time….
Categories: Being single and happy, Health, Looking for Your Soul Mate, Love, mental health, Perfect Timing, Relationships, SOC, Trust the Timing | Tags: #SoCS, celibacy, healthy relationship, jealousy, Love, rebound, respect, SOC, stress | Permalink.
seemed to last so long?
dried my tears with love that never ends.
had it all figured out.
Brought love home to me.
Categories: God, Hope, Love, Perfect Timing | Tags: glitter, God, Love, tears, time | Permalink.
Lorrie taps into something powerful here – an awareness that comes when we open our hearts and minds to our loving Creator.
that is stretched to eternity.
because IT IS THE ONLY ANSWER!
and how you are supposed to get there.
in the language of your mind.
Categories: God, Perfect Timing, Spirituality | Tags: Creator, grace | Permalink.
It’s always something. If it’s not waiting for your soulmate, it’s waiting for your kids to become independent, or waiting to retire, or waiting for your manuscript to be ready for publication.
I’ve just started reading the book, When God Says Wait, by Elizabeth Thompson. It’s easy to read with well-fictionalized biblical stories, personal stories from the author, and simple exercises at the end of each chapter. I sure could’ve used this book 15 years ago when I was wondering if I’d ever fall in love again, if I’d ever find a partner who’d be a good fit. Still, the messages about “navigating life’s detours and delays” clearly relate to my life now.
Finishing the manuscript for Trust the Timing (see my Work in Progress page) has taken a lot longer than I ever imagined, though I’m getting closer every day. Fortunately, waiting to publish and not rushing have allowed me to work through questions about my own history and about how much of other people’s history to include.
This has been a struggle. Early in the writing process, I was encouraged to dig deeper and to show more scenes, which is fine if you’re writing fiction, and okay when it comes to my own baggage, but not so comfortable when it comes to other people’s baggage, or what I call OPB. Even with name changes and changes in identifying characteristics, there has been an uneasiness about exposing some OPB. Earlier drafts have more OPB, and I’ve deleted and softened quite a bit of that. Yet, there are some pieces of OPB that are important to the story. This is one of the big challenges of writing a memoir.
What does God want me to write?
Things often become clear when I ask that question, or some version of it, and then listen to my gut. God often talks to me through my gut. Sometimes God whispers in my ear. But I have to be quiet and open to get the message.
Waiting gives God time to work things out in us and others. Waiting gives us time to become who we are meant to be, to become ready for our heart’s desire. After all, that’s what my book is about. It seems to be my life-long lesson. And I’m learning, slowly but surely.
What are you waiting for? What helps you wait?
Categories: God, Looking for Your Soul Mate, Perfect Timing, Trust the Timing, Writing | Tags: baggage, book, detours, Elizabeth Laing Thompson, God, heart's desire, memoir, timing, wait, waiting | Permalink.