Tag: soul

• 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,

• Change is inevitable…women can be change…joy is on the horizon.

  

  A few more days and my entire life is about to change. New job. New schedule. Freedom from debt…joy begins! After a decade in a job, I do well. I decided I wanted something more. For myself. For my family. To wake up each morning and be excited about a job again. After the joy […]

  Jessica Owen

  September 24, 2022

  dream, hope, seasons of change, Thoughts, writing

  #2022, #2022goals, #2022herewecome, author, beauty, become, beginnings, blessed, blessings, books, challenge, change, comfort, confidence, creative, determination, dreamer, dreams, fall, family, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, kindness, learning, leaves, life, love, me, mom, new, nights, notes, passion, perseverance, purpose, real, rest, seasons, soul, stories, thankful, tired, warrior, wife, wine, women, words, work, write, writer,, writing

• 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,

• 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

• Love=Happily ever after…relationships are tricky…(Part Three)

  Happily ever after…does exist with…hard work

  Jessica Owen

  June 15, 2022

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

  #2022goals, #2022herewecome, #HappilyEverAfter, #truelove, #writerofnovel, beauty, blessed, blessings, books, challenge, change, determination, dreams, family, fiction, fun, goals, grateful, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, learning, life, love, marriage, novels, perseverance, real, romance, soul, stories, story, wife, wine, women, words, work, write, writer,

• Love=Happily ever after…or happy for now? (Part One)

  

  In honor of Valentine’s Day. I am asking a few questions most readers want to know. Does happily ever after exist? Or are we all just happy for now? This is question I read a lot in the writer texts. It is the objective for each romance novel to result in one of these outcomes. […]

  Jessica Owen

  February 8, 2022

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

  #2022, #2022goals, #2022herewecome #Valentine, #HappilyEverAfter, #HappyEverNow, #romancenovels, #ValentinesDay2022, #writerofnovel, #writerofnovels, #writerscommunity, #writerslife, #writersoffacebook, author, books, challenge, change, character, comfort, confidence, creative, determination, dreamer, dreams, family, fiction, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, learning, life, love, me, memory, mom, notes, novels, perseverance, real, romance, seasons, soul, stories, story, thankful, wife, wine, women, words, work, write, 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

• A year older? Perhaps wiser?

  

  Ever notice that with each birthday it becomes a moment of reflection…your last year…what are you going to do this year? For me it is always a moment to set higher expectations for myself, to reflect on what I didn’t do the previous year…I’m incredibly hard on myself… As quick as I am to be […]

  Jessica Owen

  January 18, 2022

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

  #12, #45, #ayearolder, #January, age, author, beauty, become, birthday, birthdays, blessed, blessings, books, challenge, change, character, comfort, confidence, cozy, creative, days off, determination, dreamer, dreams, family, fires, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, kindness, learning, life, love, marriage, me, memory, mom, notes, novels, passion, perseverance, real, rest, seasons, sleep, soul, stars, stories, story, thankful, tired, warm, wife, wine, women, words, work, write, writer,, writing

• 🎄Favorite Christmas movies and favorite memories…❤️

  

  Every year we watch certain movies that evoke Christmas for us. It does not feel like Christmas until we see and hear them. My favorite book of all time is “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens… it is such a beautiful story about redemption and second chances… My favorite version of this book is a […]

  Jessica Owen

  December 13, 2021

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

  #AChristmasCarol, #Celebration, #CharlesDickens, #Christmas, #christmastree, #gathering, #HappyHolidays, #HomeAlone, #WhiteChristmas, beauty, blessed, blessings, books, change, comfort, cozy, creative, dreamer, family, fiction, fires, fun, goals, grateful, happy, heart, holidays, honesty, hope, imagine, joy, learning, life, love, me, memory, mom, nights, real, rest, seasons, soul, stars, stories, thankful, warm, wife, women, words, 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

• Happy Thanksgiving…be thankful for everything you have…🍁🍂🦃

  

  In a time when chaos is everywhere it is nice to know there is a national holiday that encourages you to eat, drink and spend time with family. My second favorite holiday! Last year we were unable to celebrate due to my family being inflicted with covid. They were times last year I wondered if […]

  Jessica Owen

  November 25, 2021

  dream, hope, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #gathering, #turkey day, blessed, blessings, challenge, change, coffee, comfort, cozy, days off, delicious, desserts, dreams, exhausted, fall, family, fires, food, friends, fun, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, holidays, honesty, hope, imagine, joy, kindness, leaves, life, loss, love, marriage, me, memory, mom, notes, November, parenting, parents, passion, perseverance, real, rest, seasons, sleeping, soul, story, thankful, turkey, warm, whiskey, wife, wine, yummy food