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Remembering What it Feels Like to Fly
“A smile spread across Caroline’s face, for so many reasons. Because of her mother’s praise. Because she had just cleared an oxer set to 3’9”. Because she had finally let determination overcome fear. But most of all, because she was starting to remember what it felt like to fly.”
Just a small sneak peak of what I’ve been writing lately. Still have a ways to go! This video is from nine years ago today.
Caroline’s Purpose: Video
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Magic
Magic. Not the abracadabra kind. Not the make wishes come true kind. Not the black caldron of spells kind. But the kind you find within yourself. The kind you find when you accomplish the impossible. The little spark inside your heart when you find a dream.
She used to chase that magic on the field, in the circle. Spinning and striking, swinging and swiping. Then she chased it in the arena, collecting and clearing, cadencing and celebrating.
But now, that magic is found not in her awards, as her dreams wait their turn. But in little fingers, little toes. Big smiles and baby curls. In fixing boo boos with one kiss. In words like “mama” and “more,” “hug” and “hooray.” In arms reaching up. In first tastes of something new. In new feats figured out.
In their precious heart beats.
Some say her magic has been lost. But she says it’s only just begun.
Joyce Bloemker (Palomino and Pinto) Interview and Review of Caroline’s Purpose
Editor and blogger Joyce Bloemker (Palomino and Pinto) did a book review and interviewed me about Caroline’s Purpose. You can read her post here: https://www.palominoandpinto.com/blog/book-review-and-author-interview-carolines-purpose-by-erica-zaborac. I am grateful she chose my book to review and enjoyed talking to her about my writing and editing process!
Check out her other posts and the books she recommends and her editing tips!
If you want to order your own copy of Caroline’s Purpose, you can find it on Amazon or Barnes and Noble.
Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/carolines-purpose-erica-zaborac/1138372131?ean=9781611533934
Something Beautiful
Think about the beginning.
Dark and uncertain,
buried beneath the surface.
Was there fear in the uncertainty?
Was their trembling in the dark?
Were there tears in the depth?
Think about the middle.
Growth and change,
emerging into the world.
Did the fear cause the change?
Did the trembling cause the debut?
Did the tears cause the growth?
Think about the display.
Beautiful and blooming,
reaching proudly to the sky.
Was it worth the fear and uncertainty?
Was it worth the trembling?
Was it worth all of the tears?
Think about the end.
Drooping and falling,
returning to the ground below.
Is the hope greater than the fear?
Is there comfort in the trembling?
Is there happiness in the tears?
Is there hope in the One
Who’s kindness and gentleness,
and love and grace know no end?
Is there trust in the One
Who planned and controls it all,
Who never makes mistakes?
Is their belief in the One
who will take all of the fear and doubt
and turn it into something beautiful?
Grandma
Four years.
Without your laugh.
Without your smile.
Without your orneriness.
Four years.
Wishing you were here.
Wishing you could see.
Wishing you could hold.
Four years.
Of time passing.
Of changes happening.
Of life moving on.
Four years.
Of missing you.
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Yours
a new role, a new look
on life and all that matters.
a little hand now grasps
my heart, changing how I see
my faith, Your love, Your son,
and all that You’ve done for me.
i can’t write the story
You’ve already done just that.
so why do i still try
to take the pen, rewrite it?
all that does is cause me
worry, and costs time, peace, sleep.
it does no good for me
to grip, cling to my plans when
nothing I do or say
can change the good of Your ways.
even though i hold him,
treasure and protect his heart,
You are the author, the
Creator, the Sustainer
of his life. i can’t change
what is to come, because You
have it all planned. but i
trust and give him to Your will.
he is Yours, not mine, and
You are much greater than i.
One Word at a Time 