validation | validation
Apr.23.2012
http://redroom.com/member/rina-macasaet/blog/agnes
“I must have done something right.” This is what I said to Agnes when she asked me a validating question about a conversation concerning my personal journey.
She turned my words around and said; “say it again out loud, Rina. I want you...
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Apr.16.2012
I had a wonderful opportunity to chat with her while passing time one afternoon.
When least expected, the unexpected always happens.
I was in the right place at the right time with a goal in mind that needed to be heard.
I told her my story. She listened.
How many more validations do I need...
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Apr.09.2012
I just read a blog post about a writer who is answering the question, Why do you want to be published by a traditional publisher? Right off the bat, the writer said, "Validation." She would feel validated because a bunch of supposedly widely read people chose her book to publish. I guess there's no...
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Jan.20.2012
I imagine much of my posts reflect a person who's been around a few decades. I've worked and pursued one career, and then another, and another. Then I paused to ask the classic question, "Is that all there is?"
The question forces a search for new balance. I've come to terms with many things. I've...
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Sep.12.2011
The breeze off the Atlantic on Sea Island, Georgia at sunset carried the sound of bagpipes, a local tradition. In front of me, a lush green lawn fell away to the shore as Old Glory fluttered nearby and then was retired for the evening. I was sitting in an...
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Apr.10.2011
An agent asked a question on her blog about why authors really wanted to go with traditional publishing in this day and age of easy access to self-publishing. Almost all of the answers were the same. Many writers wanted the resources (copy editing, marketing, promotion, covers, etc.) of traditional...
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Sep.17.2010
In ancient Rome, during triumphal marches through city, a slave would ride on the honoree's chariot . His job was to hold a laurel wreath over the hero’s head while whispering, “Remember, thou art but a man.” Wise people, those Romans.
Every human being—I’m sure this was true even of Roman...
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Jul.26.2010
It is not uncommon for strange things to happen when my friend Donna and I get together for meditations. Saturday night was no different, but what we learned from an odd occurrence only confirmed something we had already come to terms with.
After an unusually rough week for my friend, we decided...
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May.08.2010
With Mother’s Day arriving, my oldest daughter Cassie and I were talking about childhood memories. Through the years her memories of how things happened and my memory of the same incidents hasn’t always concurred. It used to make us both unhappy because we each knew we were right. Accusations...
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Mar.11.2010
-as published in Living Out East and On the Bay http://www.livingouteast.com
“I don’t mind admitting I’m confused about the current state of manhood,” Rick Mullins was saying as my wife, Brown Eyes, walked into our kitchen. She rolled her eyes at me in that powerful, wifely way of hers. There we...
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