When I was a little girl, I wrote every day in my journal. I had so many questions, emotions, fears, pain. Writing was a way to flesh out the difficulty and brainstorm answers. I could scribble about my desires, doodle tornadoes and pictures that depicted the turmoil in my soul, without revealing the truth about wounds. I could craft words together in rhythmic patterns that hid the struggle under rocks, the power in swords, the desperate need in stories.
I read books and wrote down my favorite quotes. I underlined my favorite scriptures; I took notes in Sunday school and during the sermons. I wrote poetry about love and life and loss. My mother, who never truly dealt with her own deep struggle, would tell me how beautifully I wrote and that one day I needed to have my work published, and she would be my illustrator.
Although my sweet mother has taken her eternal place in heaven, I am forever grateful for her passionate pursuit of my writing. She shared about it, she wrote about it in her own classified column, she perfected it with her wisdom of seeking alternate words and deeper meaning and told me to always, always share my voice, and not let the editors butcher such beauty.
Over the last decade I have written in magazines, blogs, shared my heart and testimony to endless woman at events, bible studies, and spoken on several podcasts. I have had articles published in four different books and this month, a full chapter in Rising Above, Stories of Overcoming by Hope Books Collaborations.
I treasure the opportunity to share my heart, my stories of redemption and the refiner’s fire. I am so incredibly grateful to have a small part in helping others rebuild their lives. I know the other authors in this book feel the same. Thank you for coming along with us. You can purchase the book directly on Amazon at https://a.co/d/4eJNYKO in hard cover, paperback or download for Kindle reading.
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Stay Beautiful,
Susanne Moore
Susanne Moore 