Tag: exhausted

• Aging…good wine, and perseverance.

  

  Once you reach a certain age. Simple things matter more. Your group of friends grows smaller. Your wants are less. New goals are set. Lists are checked off. It’s like a good wine it only gets better with time. I’m drinking an old vine Zinfandel tonight. I had a very tiring day after a fall […]

  Jessica Owen

  November 9, 2022

  seasons of change, Thoughts, writing

  #2022, change, creative, determination, dreamer, exhausted, family, goals, grateful, hard work, heart, honesty, humor, learning, life, love, me, mom, perseverance, real, story, thankful, tired, wife, wine, women, words, work, writer,

• October, Rose’ wine, and changes…

  

  Wine-change-fall-October

  Jessica Owen

  October 13, 2022

  dream, goals, hope, seasons of change, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #2022, #2022goals, #2022herewecome, #gathering, #goal, beauty, become, blessed, blessings, challenge, change, comfort, confidence, creative, days off, determination, dreamer, dreams, exhausted, fall, family, food, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, learning, leaves, life, love, me, memory, mom, nights, October, passion, perseverance, real, rest, seasons, soul, stars, thankful, warm, wife, wine, women, words, work, write, writer,

• Surgery…strength…marriage survival.💕

  

  I was mostly absent last month due to my husband having major surgery. It was a scary, exhausting month. A lot of tears were shed. I was tested beyond normal limits. The fear of losing my husband gave me the strength to move forward even though I had no idea what I was doing. I […]

  Jessica Owen

  September 15, 2022

  dream, hope, seasons of change, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #2022, #august, #surgery, #survival, blessed, blessings, challenge, change, chaos, coffee, comfort, determination, exhausted, family, grateful, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, joy, learning, life, love, me, mom, nights, pain, parenting, perseverance, real, recovery, rest, soul, tears, thankful, warrior, wife, wine, wives, women, words, work, write, writer,

• Healthier me: more confident self…

  

  Some months ago my husband and I decided to become active in our health and well being. We were tired of working so hard at our jobs an feeling like crap all the time. We changed our diet little by little. We started working out. We got our teenager involved. In the process we have […]

  Jessica Owen

  July 31, 2022

  goals, hope, seasons of change, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #2022, #2022goals, #2022herewecome, #goal, challenge, change, confidence, creative, determination, dreamer, exhausted, family, goals, grateful, hard work, heart, honesty, humor, learning, life, love, me, mom, perseverance, real, rest, thankful, tired, wife, women, work, writer,

• Grief is like the ocean…Change is too.

  

  Grief is like the ocean it ebbs and flows…

  Jessica Owen

  July 30, 2022

  dream, goals, hope, seasons of change, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #goal, #grief, #writerofnovel, author, blessed, blessings, challenge, change, comfort, creative, determination, dreamer, dreams, exhausted, family, fun, goals, grateful, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, learning, life, loss, love, me, memory, mom, nights, notes, novels, ocean, perseverance, real, rest, soul, stories, story, thankful, tired, wife, wine, women, words, work, write, writer,, writing

• Tuesday’s, Taco’s and Turmoil…

  

  Looking forward to taco Tuesday’s when everything else in life is in turmoil

  Jessica Owen

  July 12, 2022

  goals, hope, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  campfires, challenge, change, comfort, confidence, cozy, determination, exhausted, family, fires, goals, grateful, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, imagine, kindness, learning, life, me, nights, notes, perseverance, real, rest, seasons, soul, tired, wine, words, work, write, writer,

• The summer has returned…flip-flops, sunshine, campfires and good wine!

  

  Summer pulls me outside to once again enjoy all its abundance

  Jessica Owen

  July 1, 2022

  dream, goals, hope, seasons of change, Uncategorized, writing

  #2022, #2022goals, #goal, #writerlife, #writerofnovel, author, blessed, books, challenge, change, character, comfort, confidence, cozy, creative, determination, dreamer, exhausted, family, fiction, fires, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, learning, life, love, me, memory, mom, nights, notes, novels, perseverance, real, romance, seasons, soul, stories, story, summer, thankful, tired, warm, wife, wine, women, words, work, write, writer,, writing

• Self-Discovery…and gummy bears!

  Change-discovery-gummy bears

  Jessica Owen

  June 17, 2022

  dream, goals, hope, seasons of change, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #2022, #2022goals, #2022herewecome, #goal, author, books, challenge, change, confidence, cozy, creative, days off, determination, dreamer, dreams, exhausted, family, fiction, fires, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, learning, life, love, marriage, me, mom, nights, notes, perseverance, real, seasons, soul, stories, thankful, tired, warm, warrior, wife, wine, women, words, work, write, writer,, writing

• Sunshine and stress!

  I am so sorry it has been a while. All I can say is it’s been very difficult for the past few months. It was like my writing well had dried up. My creative voice replaced with stress and not enough sunshine. Depression and rain. As the oldest child in my family I have always […]

  Jessica Owen

  May 10, 2022

  goals, seasons of change, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #2022, #2022goals, #2022herewecome, #goal, #writerofnovel, change, coffee, days off, exhausted, family, hard work, heart, honesty, learning, life, loss, love, marriage, me, mom, real, rest, seasons, story, tired, warm, wife, words, work, write, writer block, writer,

• So what happens next?

  

  What happens next…depends on decisions you make in your writing.

  Jessica Owen

  February 7, 2022

  dream, goals, hope, seasons of change, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #2022, #2022goals, #2022herewecome, #goal, #reading, #writeroffacebook, #writerofnovel, #writerofnovels, #writerscommunity, #writerslife, author, books, challenge, change, character, coffee, confidence, creative, determination, dreamer, dreams, exhausted, family, fiction, fun, goals, grateful, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, learning, life, love, me, memory, mom, nights, notes, novels, perseverance, real, stories, story, thankful, tired, wife, wine, women, words, work, write, writer block, writer,, writing

• Overthinking is the killer of creativity…

  

  Overthinking is the killer of creativity

  Jessica Owen

  February 5, 2022

  #editing, dream, goals, hope, seasons of change, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #2022, #2022herewecome, #editing, #Feburary, #goal, #toughlove, #writerblock, #writercommunity, #writerlife, #writeroffacebook, #writerofnovel, #writerofnovels, anger, author, become, challenge, change, character, comfort, confidence, creative, depression, determination, dreamer, exhausted, family, fiction, goals, grateful, grumpy, happiness, happy, hard work, heart, honesty, humor, joy, learning, life, love, me, memory, mom, nights, notes, novels, parenting, perseverance, real, soul, story, thankful, warrior, wife, wine, women, words, work, write, writer,, writing

• What is Normal? It’s definitely not me…🤔

  

  In a world we’re normal is the ideal, be you.

  Jessica Owen

  January 22, 2022

  #editing, dream, goals, hope, seasons of change, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #2022, #2022goals, #2022herewecome, #2022newyear, #characters, #editing, #goal, #newyear, #reading, author, become, books, challenge, change, character, coffee, comfort, confidence, cozy, creative, determination, dreamer, dreams, exhausted, family, fiction, fires, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, kindness, learning, life, love, me, memory, mom, nights, normal, notes, novels, passion, perseverance, real, rest, revision, romance, seasons, soul, stories, story, thankful, tired, weird, wife, wine, women, words, work, workaholic, write, writer,, writing

• Character interviews; Part Two… there is more?

  Last year; I started a character interview series involving the three siblings from my current trilogy. (The conclusion to that series is coming soon… I am almost finished writing that book.) Now, I would like to introduce you to the characters of my seasons quartet. Beginning in the summer and concluding in the spring. You […]

  Jessica Owen

  January 3, 2022

  #characters, #editing, character interviews, dream, goals, hope, seasons of change, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #characters, #editing, #gathering, #goal, #reading, author, beauty, become, blessed, blessings, books, challenge, change, character, coffee, comfort, confidence, cozy, creative, determination, dreamer, dreams, exhausted, family, fiction, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, inspiration to all women, interviewer, joy, kindness, learning, life, love, me, memory, mom, nights, notes, novels, parenting, parents, passion, perseverance, real, rest, romance, seasons, short story, stars, stories, story, summer, thankful, tired, trilogy, warrior, wife, wine, wives, women, words, work, write, writer,, writing

• Hello December…how is it the last month of the year already?

  

  Geez… I cannot believe it is the end of the year already. So much has come and gone. So much to look forward too in the next year. I am so glad to have family times again. I am even hosting this Christmas… my first celebration in three years! I am beyond excited! I have […]

  Jessica Owen

  December 2, 2021

  holidays, hope, seasons of change, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #Christmas, #christmaslights, #christmastree, #gathering, beauty, become, blessed, blessings, change, comfort, creative, determination, dreamer, dreams, exhausted, fall, family, fiction, fires, food, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, holidays, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, kindness, learning, life, love, me, memory, mom, nights, notes, parenting, perseverance, real, seasons, sleep, soul, stars, story, thankful, tired, warm, wife, wine, winter, women, words, work, write, writer,, writing

• Crazy times….for Black Friday sales or something?

  

  It has never made sense to me why people trample each other for socks sales? I am all for good deals…at the expense of someone else’s life or injury…not worth. I can honestly say I haven’t been to Black Friday sales since I was a twenty something…I have since shopped on line for years. I […]

  Jessica Owen

  November 26, 2021

  dream, hope, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #gathering, blessed, blessings, books, challenge, change, character, city, confidence, cozy, creative, days off, determination, dreamer, dreams, exhausted, family, fiction, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, holidays, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, kindness, learning, leaves, life, love, marriage, me, mom, nights, parenting, parents, perseverance, real, rest, seasons, sleep, sleeping, stories, thankful, tired, warm, warrior, wife, wine, words, work, write, writer,