I have come up with a new button for all authors: “Anything you say or do can be used in my next book!” My fellow authors at the “Oregon Authors” booth at the state fair really like the idea. We agree that we should come with a warning.
My friend, Dolores, lives a ways away so I was filling in at her booth so she could get home at a decent hour. When I arrived at the booth, (all the authors are together), MaryKay, the one in charge of “Oregon Authors”, looked at me and exclaimed, “You’ve really grown!” You see, I’ve grown up making at least one round around the author’s tables every year since I was a girl. I have always loved reading and writing. I hadn’t realized MaryKay remembered me from that far back in addition to all the years I stop by to see all my fellow author friends. It was one of those moments when you see two pictures of yourself side by side and are amazed at where you stand. Sitting there under the “Oregon Authors” sign is a humbling experience, feeling the weight of the role on my shoulders type of humbling. I know the looks people give me and those sitting by my side. I am used to that. I am comfortable being in the spotlight. Still, it’s always nice to take the “hat” off at the end of the night and go home.
Dolores has my second and third books for sale as well as her own as a thank you for filling in so I was there in my own right as well as selling hers. It was fun talking with the other authors about our books. We understand each other in that respect. The community is why some of the authors do the fair, to be with each other. The two authors sitting on my left are friends of many years so we spent our time between talking with the public discussing religion, God, and how he could love each of us so much when we are so small. One of the them is not religious and doesn’t usually discuss it, the other I’m not sure about but knowing my writing is spiritual, I instantly became the one to ask. The big question on the table was if the universe is SOOO BIG and we are sooo small, how could God care about us? It was one of those moments I felt God laid the answer in my heart. I told him God is not limited by space and time so it doesn’t matter how big or small we are, it doesn’t make a difference to Him, he loves us just the same no matter our size. He liked that answer. I did too.
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