To Give God by Maureen Locher

Dear Readers,
Perhaps with this writing I shall transform from my hideously lax once a month writing to a more reader-friendly once a week! Do you ever have these times? You are well-intentioned, super busy and your writing falls to the wayside? Your writing - the thing that makes you happiest, the thing that gives you purpose - and you take a hiatus from it? How stupid is that? Throwing away something that gives you joy!

Those mom writers/readers of you clicking over from Mom Writer's Literary Magazine know the joy that comes from writing. You understand the well-intentioned mind, the frazzled life. My frazzle has been a graduation party which is now, thankfully, history. Done with last week. So now as I attend grad parties rather than orchestrate them I am much more relaxed. Today I shall attend two.

However, as I sit at these parties with time to visit and time to think, I cannot help but wonder what comes next for me. I am at a crossroads. My four children are grown yet still live at home attending a nearby college. I am missing another female in the house more than I ever have in the past. God blessed me with all boys. I do enjoy the visits of my son's girlfriend though. She is an ally in this world of men. Last night we three (son, girlfriend and I) were the only ones home and my son controlled the TV remote. On and on he scrolled down until we were all tired of seeing movies listed that are terribly old or just not worth watching. We women complained and suddenly my son chose Little Women. How happily surprising. Chivalry does exist. I enjoyed a pleasant evening with two very pleasant people.

So, I can orchestrate a graduation party for 100 people, I can enjoy some of life's simple pleasures, I can do what needs to be done when a deadline looms but what am I really supposed to do with this thing called life? With this joy called writing? What is my purpose now that the little kiddies are big kiddies? Much food for thought. Come back to see how I navigate through my life's questions. I welcome advice if you've been where I am now.

Happy Sunday!
~ Maureen :)