The Furnace
Topic: Life
I've been learning a lot lately about trials -- two bible studies, my great-great-great-great grandfather's journal and my great-great-great aunt's bible notes that I've been reading -- it all seems to point to this: pain is something to learn from, not to run from. If life was supposed to be hunky-dory, maybe it would be. And if I had chosen to run away from pain and trials in my life, I would have missed out on some important lessons. So I stick to it, every day, and thank God for the things He's teaching me. And I'll be a better person for it -- maybe not "happy" in this life, but content.

Inspiration
Mood:  chillin'
Topic: Poetry
Wow. I never thought when I put some of my poetry on a free site that it would start circulating the web. I googled myself just for fun last night and found my poetry on people's blogs and stuff. Who knew something that I wrote just because I HAD to would speak to someone else. That's God for you -- He always has something really awesome in store for even the smallest things we do in obedience to Him. That's where my writing comes from -- divine inspiration. There's no other way to describe it. If you want to see my other poetry, it's on poetry.com -- search for Erin E M Hatton. Talk about being transparent. That's my soul on there! Glad that I can serve others with my work.

My Head's Spinning!
Mood:  rushed
Topic: Writing
New to the whole blog thing here, but I seem to be getting along fine. I am so psyched about my story getting published, and it's just a matter of time before I've got a book out there too. It's all kind of anticlimactic, though, with all the crazy stuff going on around me -- orchestrating a move while publishing a short story and working on publishing a book too, caring for two young children and a (wonderful!) husband -- it's all pretty overwhelming.