Quite a bit can happen
in one short little year
Your alma mater magazine
may place your picture here
Your family may support you
And little helpers cheer
And that’s not all that happened
In my 2016Â year
Many schools made welcome
To hear me share my book
Son Corban clicked through PowerPoint
And we found other nooks
In libraries
And local stores
And even in the paper
(We made it thrice in color;
now that was quite the caper!)
Then work began on writing more
and drinking all things hot
Designer James played his main game
In making Book 2 ROCK
The second book was published
Business cards came out in pink
I bought a shirt to match them
(and wore it every week!)
I found a voice on Instagram
Sold books at ten craft shows
And then began the biggest plan
A book launch party to throw
The Paper helped us spread the word
And then I burnt my hand
(So badly that I nearly feared
I’d never write again!)
#slightexaggerationfordramaticeffect
The party planning was my life
As well as of my friends’
We cut and traced and glued and then
The party time began!
More cutting, gluing, smiling
And talking ’til we dropped
(And I was still two months away
From when my baby popped!)
I finally slowed down to a crawl
To welcome Baby 4
And then one fun October day,
we jumped back in for more
The Shoephabet turned one this year
We made a birthday cake
And took new, better pictures
It was time, for goodness’ sake
I tried to make a col’ring book
But couldn’t make it cheap
And so instead I listed it
On Etsy nearly free!
I closed the year by reaching out
To a nearby sewing friend
Who made two fabric alphabets
To match the books I’d penned
We shipped so many books out
We nearly have none left!
Right now, we’re still deciding
To buy more or just rest?
2016 gave me time
to write and plan and learn
And for this next year, I have hopes
But those will wait their turn
What an amazing year for you, Sarah! Congratulations on all of your wonderful experiences and success!! Best wishes for another awesome year ahead!
Jill, thank you for your well wishes and for your continued encouraging words! Blessings on your new year as well!
Wow, Sarah! I love your look-back in photos and poetry. Kudos for an amazing, successful year. Thanks for sharing your writing journal and family with us. All the best for 2017!
It really was quite the eventful year! Blessings on your year too, Cat!