Friend-ge Benefits
I couldn’t believe it! As I sat at the lunch table at the first Write2Ignite! Conference, I overheard a conversation going on right beside me. The bubbly, beautiful woman to my left was discussing the events of the last year. Two of her daughters had gotten married within months of each other. So had mine. Her husband had a kidney transplant. Mine had a stroke. I couldn’t help but join in. Although she was from Iowa and I from North Carolina, we had walked such similar paths. And the likenesses didn’t stop there. Her husband is a pastor. Mine was in the pastorate for 17 years. She and her husband started a Christian school. My hubby and I did too. God brought us together at that appointed time to begin a friendship, a sisterhood, that continues to this day. No, we don’t get to see each other often…other than through our blog photos, but we are one in spirit, sharing a bond that disregards the miles between us. We pray for each other, email, post blog comments, and encourage one another.
The “icing on the cake” was that we also shared the love of literature for children! We both had been given a dream…called by God to write books for children. Now, she has several books bearing her name, and I’m still a “newbie.” My first book just came out in November. And my dear friend, Dixie, was cheering me all along the way!
Dixie Phillips will be attending Write2Ignite! You are in for such a blessing if you get the opportunity to meet her. She is such a light for Jesus! I know that I can’t wait to get a big hug!
Interestingly, Vonda Skelton was the very first person that I met at the very first writers’ conference I attended! She is also bubbly and beautiful, a dear friend and encourager…and accomplished writer! She will surely bless our socks off with her keynotes at Write2Ignite! this year!!!
Write2Ignite! is power-packed with an amazing faculty! You will be challenged. You will learn and grow as a writer. You will make contacts with editors and leaders in publishing. But that’s not all. The friend-ge benefits are amazing!
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2 Comments on February 10, 2010, last added: 2/10/2010
Wonderful post, Kristi! You are so right. The friends we make through writing and publishing are gifts from God.
Friends like you!
Jean
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