Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Humbled, Grateful Thanks.


Last week I attended one of my all-time favorite gathering of writers, the LDStorymakers’ annual writer’s conference. I love this conference because a lot of my friends—fellow writers / authors—generally attend. It is run by the group of people who originally convinced me that I really can do this writing thing, and that it doesn’t matter if I’m a stay-at-home mom of four from a small town in Utah. They taught me early on that writing books isn’t scary and intimidating, nor is it impossible.

This year, I find myself a bit short on descriptive words, because when it comes to support from the writing community, I am truly rich. So many people have offered to take my hand and help me up whenever I need it—which seems to be more and more frequently lately. They are always there to give me renewed energy and help me to believe that I can do impossible things.

It leaves me more than grateful, and truly humbled.

I love my friends. So instead of talking about everything I’ve learned, I want to say thanks. To my blog readers, to my biggest supporters, to my true and ever-loyal friends.

You know who you are—all of you.

Wherever my path leads, I am beyond blessed to know each one of you.

So thanks. That’s all. Just thanks. It is because of you that I will never, ever give up.  

4 comments:

Jennie Bennett said...

I second this post! It was great to meet you there and so awesome to be surrounded by so many wonderful writers!

J.R. Johansson said...

Great post, Nichole. I think we all have these people that keep us going, and thank goodness for that. ;-)

Anonymous said...

Yeah, I wouldn't LET you give up. It's too late. You hooked me like a crack-fiend and if you ever let up...well, it won't be pretty. ;)

Windy Aphayrath said...

i don't think any of us can say this often enough to our supporters. what a great reminder we're surrounded by so many awesome people!