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A note from the Founder:
This writing group is something I am wildly excited about. I have
been a poet all my life - as well as a writer of spiritual journeying.
Recently, I developed a hunger for the writings of other women in my
age group (darn near close to 40) or phase of life, who don’t have
vast amounts of free time, like when we were single – to just read and
write – who have to carve out precious moments to put words on paper
in the midst of very busy lives, where they shoulder much responsibility.
I may be wrong to say my age group - I seriously would love to hear
from women who are so much older - who may actually have attained
a level of wisdom still sorely lacking in me!
I am a mother to teenaged boys as well as a two-year old boy, a
business partner, board member, supporter and fundraiser, part-time
columnist, designer, event planner, sister, daughter, friend, tree
enthusiast and fish lover, part of a Bible study. I feel the list of things
I’m supposed to be doing at any one time is endless – and yet, somehow
I find time to write – because that is what feeds my soul.
How many other women are walking under enormous burdens – pining
for an audience who will listen to their hearts on paper? Somewhere
in the Central Valley of California is a woman in her nineties, who finally
is finding time to write out her story. I want to hear from her!
So I’ve started looking for other women like me – who have much to
say – and are willing to say it and laugh at themselves, or cry as they say
it – who are not afraid to look frail, who are not afraid to read through
clenched teeth because they must be strong – I want to hear what these
women write and I want to throw my voice in with them. I believe strongly
that women need one another to hold onto during all the phases of life,
and sometimes when we are busy we forget how much we heal in the
presence of other women.
How thrilling is this? Aren’t women glorious in all their splendor? Aren’t
we majestic when we can speak through brokenness to give comfort to
someone else?
Liesl Garner
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