by skimhenson | Oct 30, 2010 | pain
“I feel like I’m going into a dark hole,” I said. “It’s a tunnel. Walk through it and you’ll get to the other side,” said Betty, a friend who was about my mom’s age. I’d call her anytime I felt gloomy since dismal moods overwhelmed me. I’m usually...
by skimhenson | Oct 27, 2010 | letting go, relationships
“I didn’t kill him off; I found him dead,” said Jerry B. Jenkins when readers asked why he let their favorite characters die. In his interview with Writer’s Digest, Jenkins admits to being surprised, delighted, scared, disappointed and saddened by his characters’...
by skimhenson | Oct 20, 2010 | relationships, writing words to live by
Once upon a time I thought writing was about writing, not relationships. After I was published, I kept thinking the same, which was pretty easy since I wrote for a paper in a town five hours away. That was, until I started blogging. I reflected on the story my friend...
by skimhenson | Oct 18, 2010 | honesty, quiet
“I would shoot for 100% honesty, then moderate it with silence” was a comment from a male reader on the post Looking for the Liars. The definition of honesty is fairness and straightforwardness of conduct. Instead of the lie I told the pastor when he asked,...
by skimhenson | Oct 11, 2010 | funny ones, letting go
Woodette came to mind from time to time, more in jest than because I thought she’d ever show up again. She was long gone so I figured I was in the clear. Anyway, my friend didn’t seem to mind my advice and I knew she needed to hear it. In a previous...