New Adventures

I’ve always been a dreamer and a creator. Since I was a kid using rubber stamps to make my own stationery to sell to my family (sorry for the price gouging, mom), or the glee I experienced when our family bought our first computer with printer and I was able to make a “local newspaper” complete with interviews with family members, a weather forecast I plagiarized from The Asheville Citizen Times, and a creative writing section made up by yours truly, I’ve always created. It’s who I am. I remember strong feelings I had about an article that was written about The Lion King, so I raised my own voice by writing a letter to the editor and saw my very own words immortalized in print at the age of twelve. I’ve always loved creating and I’ve always loved writing, and that little girl from thirty years ago still lives inside of me. I’ve always had an innate sense that there is something more! I just often tell twelve-year-old me to be quiet because jaded, cynical me knows that it’s a lot harder to make your dreams comes true than Disney would like us to believe.

But God…

I wish I had 500 pages to tell you how everything has transpired over the past several months, but I don’t even know that I could do it justice. Here’s the bottom line: God dropped a dream in both my heart and the heart of a dear, like-minded soul sister. High school ELA teachers who both stepped out of the classroom in May, our love for writing and creating caused us to prayerfully consider what using our gifts could look like for the kingdom.

We’ve already banked hours of “business meetings,” creative consults, and, well, writing and creating to launch a Facebook and Instagram account to offer “daily invitations to remember and reflect.”

Our account’s official name is “Emerald & Eve,” and we would be so honored if you decided to come along with us.

The Writer and the Wrench Instagram will still exist as I will continue to share many of my random creative pursuits (this year will be my crunchy mom journey). This blog will also temporarily continue. At some point, Amanda and I will merge our blogs (you’re in for a treat to read some of her stuff). But I’ll let you know when that’s happening.

Is this what I thought I was going to be doing with my creative pursuits now that I’m retired? Nope. Would I want to do anything else right now? Not a chance. This creative avenue has brought me so much joy it only reaffirmed that giving God the reins always lands me in a better spot than I could have imagined for myself.