Can you believe it’s that time of the year again? 2020 will be over in two weeks! And despite the monotony and routine of the past nine months, the holidays have managed to sneak up on us. This should be a time of celebration, of retrospect and gratitude for the…
They say it’s not over until it’s over. For the first time in years, you had the worst two weeks of your career. There you were, priding yourself on your ability to roll through change as it happens – after all, your life has been full of it. So much…
I swear, every single time I plan to write a blog post, my mind goes blank! It’s as if I am being reminded that I can only handle one creative endeavor at a time! Since we are well on the way to writing our second book in the series…
I got a text the other day from my friend, TF, who said – “make sure I’m in charge of your birthday video next year.” “What?” I asked, surprised. “What video?” “You know, the videos you make on birthdays that have all your accomplishments? I’m making that video for you…
August just came and went, and September is off to many unexpected blessings. My two books, Eight Goodbyes and In This Life, won some awards! Something I had never, ever dreamed of! Eight Goodbyes was a Finalist in the International Book Awards. My agent made sure I knew that there…
Before I hit PUBLISH on this blog post, I thought long and hard about it. I stepped away for two weeks, ran things over and over in my head, imagined the potential outcome and blowback, and decided against it for a while. But it stayed in my mind, making me…
If you follow my original blog posts at christinebrae.com, I don’t know if this is good news or bad news. Although this is the very first post for this brand new website, it’s from the same person, the very same me. In the six or so years I’d written in…
Week 3 and things haven’t changed at all. In fact, we all have these gut feelings that they’ve actually gotten worse. This morning, I saw my son pull into the driveway from his night shift at the ER. I grabbed the dog and waited by the window to wave at…
There has always been a perception that for people like me, with happy families and great jobs and careers and who don’t post problems on social media, life is perfect and everything is hunky dory. Today, more than ever, I felt the need to write this post. Just an hour…
HAPPY 2020! I thought I should get all caught up while on vacation, fully aware that I’m a few days late with my New Year post. Hope you are all settling into the New Year with much anticipation and excitement for what’s to come. As for me, I am still…
