The Lilith and the Scroll

Well, I've struggled and tried to simplify my life over the last few weeks.  But it was not to be.

The laundry keeps piling up.  The boys continue to be boys. And so the cycle continues.

I have been spending a lot of time in my head recently. Time spent really looking at what I want to do. Do I want to be defined by my station as mother or do I want to make my mark elsewhere to even should I even try?

Well I guess after much and thought and consideration I decided.  I'm embracing my simple life and doing what I love- storytelling.

I love telling stories, reading stories, and writing stories.  So I made a deal with myself.

"Self," I said in my most very grown up voice.
"We are going to publish a book. And you are going to get stuff done in your house everyday by taking mental 'house' breaks."

Well, I looked at myself and had only one response, "Wicked cool, Self! Let's do it."

And on that very Monday night the Lilith Scroll became a reality.

See for 12 years I have had this PhD thing hanging out there.  I worked on it for 3 years and wrote on my dissertation for 3 years and in the end I had to walk away.  It's been hanging over my head as an incomplete.  Something left undone.

As I was reading my favorite author Heather Killough-Walden, an amazing storyteller and weaver of the magical written word, I realized I could take all that research and write the ending I have been searching for all this time- AND I DON'T HAVE TO DO A BIBLIOGRAPHY!!!

I hope you continue to find simplicity in your day to day lives, because it really is the culmination of all the little things that become a lifestyle.

As I prepare for Lent and weed out 7 things a day from my life, I also plan to add 7 things in to enrich it.

The first thing I'm adding is Lilith and her misunderstood journey.  I hope you join me at the Lilith Scrolls and see first hand how this remarkable woman endured the ultimate betrayal and still found love.

Happy Simpling