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HALF A YEAR GONE! A Reflection

Posted on July 2, 2019 Leave a Comment

Wow! It amazes me that we just began the last half of 2019. I don’t know about you—but my year has gone fast! #2019halfgone #amwriting @donnalhsmith Did you make plans for this year six months ago? Or have there been a lot of surprises!

Happy New Year 2019! See the Possibilities—Part 5

Posted on January 29, 2019 Leave a Comment

Almost a month of this year GONE—already! It goes so fast! I’m starting to make plans for later this year, and I’m also seeing what unfolds. I sent off an email this morning about teaching at a small writers’ retreat in October. I’m researching a destination for a weekend away. What one step will you […]

Happy New Year 2019! See the Possibilities—Part 4

Posted on January 22, 2019 Leave a Comment

What’s in front of you to do? Is it like “Let’s Make a Deal” — with Door #1, Door #2, Door #3? Do you have your fingers in many pies—or just a few? @donnalhsmith @a3writers #HappyNewYear2019 #Lookforward #SeethePossibilities TWEETABLE

Happy New Year 2019! See the Possibilities—Part 3

Posted on January 15, 2019 2 Comments

Last week we talked about picking one thing you want to do now and work toward it. Achieving a small goal early on will encourage you to reach for more. #HappyNewYear2019 #Lookforward #SeethePossibilities TWEETABLE

Happy New Year 2019! See the Possibilities—Part 2

Posted on January 8, 2019 Leave a Comment

What are your hopes and dreams for 2019? Do you make New Year’s Resolutions? Do you keep them, or do they fall by the wayside? Pick one thing you want to do now. Work toward it. Having one goal is better than trying to make a list of things we need more energy to change […]

Happy New Year 2019! See the Possibilities—Part I

Posted on January 1, 2019 Leave a Comment

In December, I posted a lot about remembering and looking back over this year. Remember the good. Appreciate the present. Look forward to the future. Now that we have a new year, it’s a new beginning. Release the baggage of the past. Hold on to hope that this year will be spectacular. Because it will […]

SPECIAL BLOG POST — Breakthrough is COMING!

Posted on December 31, 2018 4 Comments

The week before Christmas, I had a dream. Dreams can be from God, our own soul, or from the devil. But this one I recognized was from God, because it was so encouraging. I’ve titled it, “Breakthrough is Coming!” #HappyNewYear2019 #BreakthroughisComing @donnalhsmith @a3writers TWEETABLE

Delay, Delay, Delay, Part 1

It seems as though my life has been made up of one delay after another — with the possible exception of my birth. I was small, only 5 lb., 8 oz. and had to be in an incubator for some days. I was released from the hospital when I was 13 days old. My first […]

FINISHING WELL

My first two novels went like clockwork, once the literary agency I was signed with decided to publish them through a special Amazon program. Meghan’s Choice was released in November 2017, and Rose’s Redemption followed in 2018. No problem. More about this in the next post.

The WHY of a Degree

You might ask WHY I would spend three and half years and lots of money to get a Master of Divinity in my late 60s. The only answer I have is — that I pursue God and His purposes for me.