EDITOR'S NOTE
On Giving...
What a year! MWLM celebrated two years online and the arrival of our first
print issues. We're wrapping up 2007 with gratitude and bliss. We love what
we do and it seems like you do too. Onward to 2008 with pen in hand, excited
to see what stories wait to be read and told in the New Year.
Driving in my neighborhood, I see the white holiday lights wrapped around
palm trees and I revisit all there is to do between Thanksgiving and the
Super Bowl (then Valentine's Day, and more class parties). I try not to let
the Mommy duties deplete the joy I am supposed to be feeling this time of
year. Then the holiday-colored bulb goes off in my head; it's a dance of joy
and responsibility. I can do it somewhat gracefully by now, if I remember to
breathe, to write, and remember what time the turkey went in the oven.
Even though I started buying presents months ago, I have forgotten where I
have hid them and will not see them again until a) we move out of this house
or b) the kids pack up for college and are no longer attached to Bert &
Ernie. I do the same thing with my writing. I randomly find poems or
manuscript outlines in different parts of the house. They resurface when
they want to be found. Manuscript or shiny new toy wrapped with curled
ribbon, it's all the same.
It's clear at moments like that – the thrill of an unexpected discovery –
that writing is a gift we give to ourselves. It isn't seasonal, we don't
have to wait for it to go on sale, and it doesn't dry out if we forget about
it in the oven. Writing keeps on giving – a dance we do, a game we play.
Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for 2008!
Yours,
Samantha Gianulis
Editor-In-Chief
editor@momwriterslitmag.com
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