Yesterday was R and my (grammar?) five year anniversary. It’s the longest I’ve been with anyone, and quite an achievement! In all honesty, I think the fact that he makes me laugh is our saving grace. Lord knows that living with someone who knows all of your faults and insecurities, thrown in with the sleep deprivation of raising a child does not make romance an easy thing. Laughter covers tears, and sometimes simultaneously heals them.
I’ve been talking about getting a fourth tattoo, something to represent my son. I had kind of forgotten about it, what with all of the obsessing over trying (dear God, please) to get this freaking book published. Yesterday, Rann gave me this:
A gift certificate to a great tattoo place. Sweet, huh? Though then I realized it might not have been a totally selfless gift, because he has a massive crush on Kat Von D.
Uh-huh.
BUT, he also sent these to work:
Extra points recovered!
In other news, I told my agent to only let me know when we hear GOOD news about the book, so I won’t dive head on into despair with each pass. I’m terrified I won’t hear anything, and will fail in front of all of you. But that’s all a part of this—putting it out there honestly; the good and the bad.
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Sounds like some great gifts from Rann. I love the flowers!
Praying that you have peace as you wait to hear on the book!
I know I would in no way think of you failing at writing whether it is published or not. You are a great writer. The publishing business has been affected as all businesses have during this hard recession. I hope you can throw the word failure out of your vocab. You have succeeded in writing a novel – a huge accomplishment – it has taken time, talent, energy and perseverance. That is incredible.
Kristin,
Congratulations on five years!
I think your first sentence should read: Yesterday was my and Rann’s five year anniversary, because if you broke it down into 2 sentences they could each stand alone. Does that make sense? Or you could have said, Yesterday was our five year anniversary. (I work in the office of a Christian middle school, and I am constantly editing newsletters and emails that go out to parents, can you tell?) I am a terrible writer….I admit it, but I do notice most spelling errors and some grammatical errors. So, since you had a question mark and weren’t sure, I thought I would add my two cents.
My husband and I will be married 26 years this November. I have never had a tattoo, and I don’t think I will ever get one. But, Robin (dear husband) sets our DVR to record LA Ink every week. His favorite show. She is quite an artist.
I think you should think like this on the waiting of your book: ‘No news is GOOD news’. Think positively.
Blessings…..
five years, is a milestone… may you keep on loving and laughing…
and as far as the book goes, you’ve taken a big risk and we are hoping along with you, but even if a publisher doesn’t grab it this go round, just because they missed an opportunity, doesn’t mean you haven’t failed… it’s a great story!