Hello 2018! How y'all doing? The New Year is upon us! For me 2017 was a tough year of motherhood, of getting to know my two-year-old (who turns 3 in April), and coming to terms with what it means to have and to raise a wild child. It's been a tough year of writing trying to write while I mother 24/7. It was a year of creating short stories for competitions that did not impress those who judged them, and some polite rejections from literary agents abroad. 2017 was the year of letting go of one-sided friendships that had grown stale over the years. Twas the year of letting go of self-scrutiny and just going with the flow. What I'm most grateful for right now is my husband. I simply wouldn't have been able to survive last year if it wasn't for him. His support and encouragement carried me through it. And even though he was pushed to his limit at work, he always had something left for me and our daughter at the end of the day. Some days were worse than others. S...