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About Author Julie Seedorf

As human beings, we are always a work in progress. From birth to death we live, hurt, laugh, cry, feel, and with all of those emotions we grow as people, as family members, and as friends. I'm a dreamer and feel blessed to have the opportunity in my writing to pass those dreams on to others. I believe you are never too old to dream and to turn those dreams into a creative endeavor.” I live in rural Minnesota and am a wife, mother, and grandmother. Throughout my life I have had many careers or should I say opportunities at jobs where I have learned different skills such as working as a waitress, nursing home activities person, office manager, and finally a computer repair person eventually owning her own computer sales and repair business. Add my volunteer activities such as Sunday School Teacher and SADD advisor and more and it's been a full life. I never forgot my love of writing and quit my computer business in 2012 after signing a contract with Cozy Cat Press for Granny Hooks A Crook, the first book in my Fuchsia, Minnesota Series. I currentlyntly have written nine cozy mysteries, three children’s books, participated in three group anthologies or mysteries, and write three blogs about various subjects.

I’m Back!!!!!

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It has been too long since I have posted anything on any of my blogs. It has been a crazy year of illness, fatigue and anxiety. I have worked through it and it is time to move on to my future.

Working on the changes for this blog taxes my brain a little. There are so many changes that have occured in the technology field. You can teach an old dog new tricks and I hope to be able to master this blog and keep up with it.

I have been crafting and hope to add those crafts to my business so watch for my crafty ideas and items.

I am also going to publish my column each week here after it appears in the Albert Lea Tribune. I never know what I am going to write so it will be about erratic subjects.

I also hope to blog about insignificant things that many of us think is too silly, too dumb or too boring for us to write about. I have learned the past year that sharing makes us all feel better.

Follow me, where I am going. Please be patient my journey is not over yet, is not always easy and sometimes takes time. So if my posts are not frequent, make a nice comment and get a discussion started. Help me with your creativity.

Endings!

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I know that all good things must come to an end. At least that is what the saying tells me. I find it hard to accept the end when there are so many endings at one time.

A marriage fails and you lose someone who you loved like a daughter. A friend moves and the day-to-day conversation that you have face to face ends, to be replaced by a long distance friendship. The friendship remains but you know it will never be the same again. A job is ending after fourteen years. Endings, one ending after another in a very short time.

And then we have Oprah. Today is the last day of her show. I think I have watched Oprah for as long as she has been on the air. Oprah’s show is one of the anchors in my topsy-turvy life. I  glean wisdom and encouragement from Oprah and know that tomorrow will be better.

When my life was full of endings or the roller coaster ride was too much, I would turn on my television at the end of the day and As The World Turns and Guiding Light would take me out of my reality into the fantasy of their world. Oprah would bring me back into my world and give me hope that with the endings there would be new beginnings.

Guiding Light and As the World Turns ended too. Proctor and Gamble did not realize that the stability of watching those programs at the end of each day for as long as they were on my TV kept the endings of life from feeling as devastating as they were. They were not just stories, they were lifelines for many people trying to relax and cope with the reality of their lives. The imaginary world of soaps let us escape for a little while.

Now in the midst of all the other endings in my life Oprah is saying good-bye too. Every clip that is shown on her show I can remember. I  too been inspired by Oprah. As my heart is heavy from other endings in my life, Oprah’s show ending while making my heart heavy,  also lifts me up and inspires me to reach out to tomorrow and touch the new beginnings of my life.

Thank you Oprah.

God’s Waiting Room!

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Today I have been waiting. It seems I am always waiting for something. Every two weeks I wait for my paycheck. I wait for my children to call.I wait for the alarm clock to go off. I wait and wait and wait.

Today I was on pins and needles waiting for news of my friend’s test results. My friend has cancer. She has had cancer for almost 15 years and she has met the challenge of cancer with dignity, courage, cheerfulness and patience. I cannot imagine what she goes through each time she waits for test results.

I knew the time of the test. I waited for news. I prayed. I kept busy, but always my mind was straying to my phone checking to see if I missed the text. I waited and I waited and as I waited I thought of the phrase “No news is good news.” I didn’t think that was it in this case. Hour by hour, minute by minute, second by second my mind raced worrying and waiting. The longer  my phone was silent the more I expected bad news.

Does my friend feel the way Job felt when he was in God‘s waiting room? I turned to a Bible interpretation  that I like the best; The Message. I turned to Psalm 130 verses 5-6

I pray to God—my life a prayer— 
 and wait for what he’ll say and do. 
My life’s on the line before God, my Lord, 
 waiting and watching till morning, 
waiting and watching till morning.

Isn’t that all we can do when we are in the waiting room? Pray and wait for God.

The wait for test results is over. The news shows no change. There is still hope, there is still treatment and my friend will go on facing this disease with courage and grace.

Everyday we wait to see what God has planned for us today. How will we face that wait? I can’t pretend I am this big religious person that knows the answers or knows the Bible well. But I do know that when I place my life in God’s hands the waiting is easier.