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EDITOR’S NOTE Emily Weaver Rogers / Editor Every day I begin again. Roll out of bed ahead of the alarm. Feed the cats. Extract my laptop. As I’m blinded by the bright white startup screen and pull up a document called “draft,” I begin again. From my first days of journaling, I quickly discovered how easy it was to get words on the page. As a child I wrote about my family relationships, my friends in school, and my growing fear of thunderstorms and dogs. I wrote what I knew, and that was enough. Recently, that has been the most difficult step for me. From writing in a composition book in third grade each day, to writing 500 words on my laptop before I shower every morning, “just writing” has proven to be one of the most challenging tasks in my daily life. Every day I begin again. Every day I take another shot at developing a novel I’ve had in my head for years. Every day I revisit the outline of my protagonist’s journey. His journey began in my head and was later translated to the page. In my daily writing, I follow the map as best I can, but things have changed, and he veered off the path. As an author, I have my own expectations and hopes for my characters and for my story — and I have learned to let them go. Whatever I have mapped out is allowed to change. My characters have their own way, and if I just keep writing the story will still go on. I have my plans, but I have learned to let the story be. Every day I begin again. I take a deep breath, exhale, and move on. Although it’s a story that isn’t yet complete, I know that it will reveal its middle and end in due time. I have faith in my words and I have faith that I can and will finish this book. Don’t get me wrong, I have doubts. I still have had periods of time where no words come, only thoughts and days of reading and research. But it’s OK if I don’t know where to go next with my story or if my words deviate. I always know that I have a fresh start with the new day ahead. That’s what you have to do — on the page and in life. There are days you know exactly what to do, and you follow the path with each new morning. But then there are the darker days, when you have no clue where to go, who to turn to, or what your next move is. That’s when God gives us a break, and it’s called grace. Grace covers our sins, our worries, and our anxieties. No questions asked — we can shed our past and our present conflicts, and take the next step with the confidence that he knows what he’s doing. Every day we begin again. We are tasked to grasp God’s grace and to have the faith to move forward. There is no time to look back. The Lord goes before you; there are only new chapters ahead. " Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done." – C.S. Lewis, Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer Email us at MVNU.Communications@mvnu.edu
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