The beginning of a new year means first reviewing the old. 2014 was a great year for this blog, and I just want to say thank you for all your support and encouragement. Here are some of the best posts from the year.
Top 10 blog posts for 2014:
Dear Matt Walsh: We do not choose depression
When who your son is and who “they” say he is are two very different things
Dear 21-year-old me
Where is the beauty in the mess of miscarriage?
When you wish you were expecting a girl instead of another boy
There is a war on women, but it’s not the one we’re fighting
Sometimes I’m ashamed to be a white person in America
Why I haven’t left the church (even though I was hurt)
I never expected my 8-year-old son to be depressed
When we think we might have shared too much in a world that won’t understand
Top 10 poems for 2014:
The end.
Different.
Dress.
Outrun.
Rain.
Shots.
Mine.
Look.
Talk.
Goodbye.
Favorite books of 2014:
Wonder, by R.J. Palacio
A Return to Love, by Marianne Williamson
Mockingbird, by Kathryn Erskine
Tiny Beautiful Things, by Cheryl Strayed
The Whole-Brain Child, by Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
Behind the Beautiful Forevers, by Katherine Boo
The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
Mrs. Hemingway, by Naomi Wood
We Were Liars, by E. Lockhart
The Book of Unknown Americans, by Cristina Henriquez
And since no new year is complete without looking forward, here are a few projects I’ll be working on in 2015:
1. A new novel in poetry, What Came After (working title that could change). The first installment posts today at 3:30 p.m. Don’t miss it!
2. A book for Crash Test Parents, the parenting blog/community my husband and I started in February 2014. If you’re interested in what we’re doing and sharing there, head on over. A parenting podcast will begin in the early part of the year.
3. A marriage book, brainstormed with my husband, later in the year.
4. Saturday stories, a new addition to the blog that will include short stories I’m working on or journalism-type stories that are real life (I will be sure to note the difference, so readers aren’t confused) stories.
I’m super excited about this new year and all it has to offer. I look forward to the journey with you. Happy New Year!
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