Speaking of Quitting

I am taking a bloggy break until January.

The next few months will be taken up with the following:

• Gigantic career and life decisions.
• NaNoWriMo! Jumping into book two! If you want to be buddies, my user name is "bdubs."
• Writing project for a friend.

I'm not fasting from the Internet, as in past years. I will still be around. Social Media! Priorities, people.

http://twitter.com/paperisdue

and

http://www.facebook.com/bethanyaustinsmith

and

http://paperisdue.tumblr.com/ (instead of TwitPic, for all my pictures.)

and if you have a lot to say:

bethanyaustinsmith at gmail dot com.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder!

Because I love you, I will leave you with some new Iron & Wine. Album coming in January! Whoo!

I See You

This (poorly written) sentence has been sitting in my drafts folder for years:

The worst part of being a stay-at-home mom is being invisible.

It sounds so self-indulgent and whiny. I never had the courage to add to it.
However, I think there is a reason I never had the courage to delete it, either.


I. Just. Want. Somebody. To. See. Me.

That was my truth... for a very long time. I could not delete it because it was true.

I am so thankful somebody did. I am so thankful that it (IT, life, everything) turns out not to be about me... being seen is not a worthy goal.

Seeing someone else... that is a worthy goal.

I think of Jesus... who saw the sick, the children, the poor, the sinful.

Except. Except. He saw without all those labels I just used.

HE SAW. He saw everyone the world pretended not to see... the people who were uncomfortable to see... the invisible.

NOT INVISIBLE.

This Blog Post Was Brought to You By The Letter R

1. Regroup.


2. Refocus.


3. Redirect.

If ever you need a mantra, feel free to borrow mine.

Have a mantra you like? Wanna share with the class?