{"id":341,"date":"2019-09-26T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katrina.effexhost.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/26\/writing-post-thursday-diary-entry\/"},"modified":"2019-09-26T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T13:30:00","slug":"writing-post-thursday-diary-entry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/26\/writing-post-thursday-diary-entry\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Post Thursday: Diary Entry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’ll confess that I saw a sneak peek of this week’s prompt and all week I’ve avoided thinking about it because it causes anxiety. I’m not at a point in my life\/mental health journey that I let myself think long term. But, I’m going to try to relax and just write…after all, that’s the night before my 53rd birthday. Who knows what that time will bring?<\/p>\n

This week’s prompt:
Write a diary entry, dated 10 years in the future.<\/b><\/p>\n

Well, happy birthday eve to me. There were times that you never thought you’d get here, but you did. The boys are all grown up and doing great. You have a daughter-in-law and grandkids are on the horizon. Do you remember being in high school, thinking you’d never have kids? It’s funny now, but it wasn’t at the time. You were already so damaged.<\/p>\n

Here you are though. You’ve come through everything that the universe could throw at you and you have a thriving editing and writing career. You get to work with the best indie authors that there are and you’re receiving fan emails asking when your next book will come out. Ten years ago, you were just getting started, afraid that you’d never finish that novel, but you did. You did and people loved it. Now, you have an entire series of young adult novels as well as your children’s stories. You chose not to choose and it was the right decision. People doubted you. People said you couldn’t do it and you did it anyway. You. Nobody else. I’m proud of you.<\/p>\n

You’ve moved to a home that you love, in an area that you love, and you’re surrounded by people who love and celebrate you. Life is good and that’s because of you. You turned your life into what you wanted it to be and that, girl, is awesome.<\/p>\n

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