She writes, “But creative gifts are resilient and quiet patient. They appear when the time is right and can adapt to an ever-changing environment. Even after being undiscovered or neglected for decades, they can walk onstage in brilliant clothes and dazzle you and those who are your witnesses.”

Maybe you got what you needed the first couple times you started that book. There’s a lot there. I hope I can finish the race. And maybe third time’s the charm. Maybe going through it together you can get a little further?

You’ve dazzled me with your writing, your devotions, your poem-hymns. I’m a witness to you being a writer! I’m cheering *you* on. xoxo