Salman Rushdie- “The art of the novel, I think, is to open worlds to you, and it seems to me we live in a time when that’s of desperate importance.”
What time is this? I live in a time when I go to workout classes full of fit, beautiful women and I look in the mirror wondering if I belong. I live in a time when it’s easy enough to just go to work, watch tv until it’s time for dinner, and then order something in. I live in a time, personally, when my life of singleness has ended and married life has barely begun. I’m re-finding out who I am and how I operate. Do I just go to work and come home too tired to think, or do I push for more? I’ve been growing bored with TV, but do appreciate its release. I live in a time when I read a few chapters of the New Testament each night because it changes my life. It is the opposite of the way women treat each other on the Real Housewives of New York City and other reality TV shows. It is the opposite of how I feel at workout class with all of those lovely women. This is my world. Writing a novel, I think, would be worth the discovery.
A note about the year and a half I’ve spent away from this blog: This blog started as a tool for a discipleship group I was teaching, as well as a venue for me to work out my thoughts. The discipleship group ended, I got engaged, I planned a wedding while working full-time as a magazine editor, and I didn’t have time for this blog. I also took what I said in the “Summer” entry seriously. It is risky to put myself out there online, in front of readers I don’t know. Getting engaged and preparing for the massive life change of being married sent my soul searching. For a rare season in my life I was so caught up in the action of the day to day that I couldn’t process completely all that I was going through. But here I am, again. Married, now, nine months and yet still the same girl. I’m still thinking, out loud. I’m reading the Bible and letting it affect who I become.
I’ve also just finished our wedding album, finally. Check it out! If you have an idea for a Blurb album, but don’t trust yourself to put it together, I’ll help! I’ve been making books for friends and family as long as I can remember. And now I’m a magazine editor. This is my thing. I’d love to take on your project.
Photo by Bonnie Tsang
