Have you ever caught your pets in the cutest pose ever? I snapped the photo above of my girl CoCo Chanel, sitting pretty as I call it at the top of our basement stairs waiting for me to come up from my home office – or as I am starting to call it – my author’s domain. She is the only dog I’ve ever had that wants to lay down and cross her front legs. She is back lit by all the afternoon sun, coming through our french doors.
The idea of sitting pretty takes me back to my preteens where my mom would instruct me how to sit when wearing a dress in band concerts. I was a tomboy so wasn’t the best dress wearer. But the cross my ankles together and tuck them under my seat to one side, keeping my knees locked together, is pounded into my brain. I had to “sit pretty” when I was wearing a dress.
I’m suffering a failure to launch with finalizing my edits on the first book, Gingerbread Heart. I guess it is my first baby, and I’m reluctant to let go. But I need to shift that focus to finalizing my next book, Beautiful Heart. Maybe my need for perfection will actually make my book worse? I’m not sure. As I’m self-publishing through my own publishing company I can only rely on the words of encourage from my editors.
In my 9-5 job I’ve taken on helping with COVID tracing for my company. I had worked in Human Resources before I got my second degree in Safety, and I realize now how I’d forgotten how much employees need help and guidance when they are struggling to determine their next step forward. I’m starting to see how scary COVID is after someone finds out that they were in close contact with someone who tests positive. And how it can affect their working life and ability to care for their own family. I know masks and social distancing were made political, but I believe that there is anecdotal evidence that small things like that help stop the spread of the virus. Be healthy everyone! Stay Safe!
