Thank You Hallmark!

For the past 7 years, I have been busy...evidently too busy to write on my blog!  My daughters have definitely been more involved which changed what my "free time" looked like.  The 3 years of Kindergarten kiddos, followed by those same 3 groups of kiddos in 3rd grade, followed by the last group of those kiddos in 4th grade this year as I went back to work teaching full time surely had an impact on my time!

No matter what the reason, likely a combo of the above plus much more, it has been too long since I sat down and wrote on my blog.  In fact, so much has changed, that most people who are actively in my life now don't even know this side of me existed!  Is it a secret?  No, just forgotten...like a long, lost friend.

So what brought me back to writing, which I LOVE doing?  A Hallmark movie of course!  Last night, while watching Hearts of Spring with Lisa Whelchel (2016), I watched the character Carly Ashby enter many entries on her blog.  And by the 3rd entry, I grabbed my Surface and looked up my dusty blog.  After some searching, I was able to log in and update my About Me section.  Before the movie ended, which I enjoyed by the way, I had decided that excuses were a thing of the past. 

Which leads me to the title of this post...Thank You Hallmark!  Without Hallmark, I likely would have gone another 7 years before dusting off this blog and falling back into something I love and enjoy.   And that would be a heartbreaking shame because I am a writer.  Writing has always been easy for me.  It relaxes me to write.  And in a way it makes sense...it's an extension of talking, and if you know me, you know I am a talker!  So a huge shout out and thank you to Hallmark for making a movie 4 years ago that I would watch at the perfect time.

Now, I'd like to address those who are still sitting with their jaws on the floor asking, "She has a blog?"  Yes, I have a blog!  In January 2012, my Nana, my best friend, went to be with Jesus in heaven.  I missed being with her like crazy, but what I missed most about her were her giggles.  We had such a special relationship, and for whatever reason, she thought I was a very funny person.  I could get her giggling without much effort, and her giggles brought such joy to my heart.  So when I was down and missing our chats, I would picture her in heaven giggling and smiling.  I felt such a peace and could practically hear her giggles from heaven.  Thus, Giggles from Heaven was created in her memory. 

Alright, for today I am done, but I hope you check back often.  And whenever life brings you down, I hope you can hear Giggles from Heaven!

Tammy