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Where have you been?

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My friend gave me two succulents from her garden. I transplanted them into a pot and then just sort of forgot about them.  It's now been about a year and I was pleasantly surprised to see several additional smaller succulents growing in the pot.  It's amazing, really.  As I was living my life, these plants were quietly surviving and growing.  Step-by-step, day-by-day the magic of nature was happening on my front porch. The succulents remind me of my writing journey.  Every day is filled to the brim with meetings, appointments, deadlines, play dates, dishes, laundry... you know, life.  And while all this is happening, I fill my nights with writing and editing.  Sometimes it feels like I'm burning the candle at both ends and I fear that I'll soon just burn completely out. Currently, I'm working on novel 2 of my still nameless trilogy.  (Ack. I'm so bad at names... but eventually something will sound right... I hope.)  Honestly,  I've been feeling so d