For the past year, I have been extending appreciation messages. I sent out thirty-three letters, all themed in yellow, either containing yellow envelopes, yellow designs, yellow flowers, and/or yellow stickers.

Today marks the second anniversary of Embrace. It’s the second book in my Soul-Seeker Collection series, which is a collection of three poetry books, which I started writing in 2020.

Mickey Martin and I embarked on a collaboration to share our thoughts about our professions. It is the Writing & Such YouTube Channel.

I didn’t think I had it in me to write poetry. I had read poetry for years and appreciated it, but didn’t feel it was something I could do. I now have three books of poetry and counting.

My first lesson was recognizing that when I found my passion—writing—it didn’t feel like work at all.