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7 Tips for a Meaningful Holiday Season
Celebrating ONE Year of A Pygmy's Life for Me!

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It's been one whole year of #APygmysLifeforMe in the world! Next week's podcast is a celebration of all that's happened since it released last November (hint, hint it's all on the blog TODAY!). I may have spent the day resting and sipping lotsa tea to kick a cold, but I'm also quietly CELEBRATING the opportunity I had to write & self-publish and REJPICING in my God who got it into the hands of people who needed it! May it be so for many more years!🎉 I'll be prolonging this celebration far into the holidays, hosting a Christmas giveaway, and eventually putting exciting plans into place for this book. LET'S GOOOOOO. But first soup. And more tea probably.🤧🤣
This year, I've realized some things about myself that emerged from pain, simple goal setting, gardening, and goats.💔💐🐐 Here it is: I'm not here for a writing career. I don't need to become an expert marketer. My one-year book anniversary is on Thursday and the awesome promo plans won't happen on time. And I'm okay with it! I value my life more than my social media presence. I'm happy to cut out the seemingly important writing/social media work that gets in the way of being PRESENT. I'm learning I don't care about a lot of pro-writer things, but I do care about being present for people and being present for my life. I've learned I'm passionate about sharing truth that leaves you & me comforted and energized to embrace the life God's given us. I've learned I want to share stories and words that help you see your pain in a frame of light and beauty. True joy shared gently softens sorrow. I can't do any of these things fully or well unless I let go of noise, pressure, old & stale routines, and all the things I could do if only I put my mind to it. Oh, I work hard. I write with discipline. I'm full of passion and purpose. But I will not be pressured into becoming someone or striving toward something God hasn't asked of me. We are all different and given different tasks, talents, delights, and gifts. The key for each of us is to pay attention to God who will show us what we can embrace for Him and what things we can toss out the window that weigh us down. My resolve as a writer is "Work from a heart-stance of worship." That cuts out a lot of useless striving and I'm left to write things that matter only taking time that doesn't take away from all other places and people in my life that matter too. The balance and blend will change as seasons do, but my resolve remains--always work from a heart stance of worship. May all my work be an expression of love to my God!
Nearing the year mark since publishing this memoir of heartache, hope, and healing. November 14th is coming and I couldn't be more happy to have completed something so dear to me with a message so important to share. After such a big 2018, I deemed this year for tending to all I'd been given, all I had, all I'd been asked to live right now. It's been a year for savoring and discovering and healing. But it's also been a year full of surprises. Like starting a new book (#WhereMarynGoes) when all previous efforts came up empty. . .or beginning a podcast I had previously decided would not happen even in my 5-year plan. . .or strengthening my mental health (we all have to do this!) with book studies filled with truth and practical helps to aid my work in new thought patterns to rewire the habits in my brain. . .or watching my Margie birth a goat kid who was the spitting image of Nigel (our beloved billy goat who unexpectedly died in the spring). . .or doing all the brave gardener things I never dreamed for myself. . .more things I could share. . . Finishing this book project launched me into a year of rest and made space for all these surprises and beautiful gifts to be fully held. I love the message of this book. It's freeing. It's the very beginning of a girl learning tenacious joy, but this year. . .the one after my book. . . has been about a woman living in that tenacious joy. Our stories aren't over. And God's story in us is always stunning, always good, and always full of better and best and healing and hope.❤
We finished #WhereMarynGoes on Wednesday. And this story matters. I look forward to writing the rest. I love the picture it paints for us. . . Assuring us that a hard place or a terrifying ocean or an old meadow is made beautiful, purposful, and significant in the hands of God. . .our Light-Maker. HALLELUJAH! Amen! The blog is returning to normal starting next week. A new email will be waiting in your inbox on Monday. The podcast will return for the holidays November 11th! And this Instagram account will get flooded with encouragement, hope, and joy for our 《right here》LIFE. I hope you find it's a place of nourishment for your heart!❤

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