I started writing regularly when my oldest son was about six months old…7 years ago.

He’s going into second grade next year.

And though I love writing and have found so much pleasure in sharing not just one, but two books with the world, I also question sometimes whether or not I should devote as much time to writing as I do.

About 9 months ago, out of the blue, a friend of mine shared something she felt God wanted her to tell me.

“Your kids are only this little once,” she said. “And this gift of writing isn’t going anywhere.”

She wasn’t sure why she felt like God wanted her to tell me this, because she had never been so upfront with any other writer friends before.

But I knew why.

I had been toying with the idea of pulling back for a while. Her words were the clarification God knew I needed to step back. Not permanently, God willing, but temporarily….especially while my children are home during the summer.

So this summer, I won’t write as much. I’ve pre-written posts that I already committed to (and I’ll provide links to them here when they go live). But my weekly posts won’t be here throughout the summer months. I also won’t be very active on social media.

This probably isn’t the ideal time to take a break. I just released a book, after all!

It’s might hurt my platform a bit. It might make me lose some traction as far as book sales go. It will definitely make me less available to people.

But…it will make me more available to MY people. 

And ya know? These people-my people-are the ones I really don’t want to disappoint.

As much as I hate disappointing others, I really hate disappointing my family.

I don’t think I’ll look back on my life someday and wish I’d spent more time trying to sell books or writing blog posts or sharing on social media. But I could look back and wish I’d spent more time with my kids.

So this summer, I’m taking a step in the right direction….a step toward my family.

As far as my writing, marketing, and platform building goes, God doesn’t always do things that make sense. So even though it might go against what the writing experts would say, I feel strongly this nudge is from Him.

So I’ll see you in August! I hope you’ll stick around as I *finally* do what the Lord has been leading me to do for a while now.

*If you need to get in touch with me, I will still check email periodically, so send me an email. You can use the contact form on this site to email me directly.*