365 Days of Blessings, Day 174

Giving thanks for these amazing blessings:

1. Getting published! Whether on-line at a web-zine or in actual print, getting published is exciting.

2. Every Day Poets will be publishing four of my poems in the next five months!!! So cool!

3. Every Day Poets is putting out a print anthology of poetry, and one of my earlier poems will be published in that!

4. I just wrote a sea serpent scene for The Crystal Sword! I may be behind on my word count, but I am loving my story right now!!!

5. There is nothing like battling a sea serpent with fangs and acid venom to get me going in the morning. It's all in my imagination, but hey, it's probably more fun that way.

6. I know I've mentioned it before, but I'll mention this one again: the pep talk e-mails from NaNoWriMo have kept me writing on through the doldrums and back into the action of my novel. Thank you NaNoWriMo!

7. I like sword fight scenes and I am thankful for my favorites from the movies like this one from The Princess Bride: Princess Bride Sword Fight - who couldn't love that line "There's something I have to tell you, I'm not left-handed either." You can actually tell that although they are stage-fighting, they've had training from a fencing master. It's in the stance, and the way they grip their weapons. It's all in the fingers and the wrist.

8. Hmm, can I add fencing to our homeschool lessons today? I have my old gear, and it could be fun.

9. Looking forward to the sea serpent scene in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Anticipation + imagination = sweet daydreams. Oops, I have to get back to life soon.

10. Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath.

Scripture Blessings:
"Then he (Jesus) said to them, 'The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath." Mark 2:27