Judith Ashley
is the author of The Sacred Women’s Circle series, romantic fiction that honors
spiritual practices that nourish the soul and celebrates the journey from
relationship to romance.
Finish!
When
do we ever truly finish some projects or aspects of our lives?
Yes,
I can finish a book but if it really touched my soul, it is on my “keeper shelf”
and will be reread.
Yes,
I can finish painting a room but in time it will need a fresh coat.
Yes, I can finish with spring planting, fall
harvesting but next year I’ll be doing it again.
Yes,
I can learn something new, gain expertise in a new area, figure out something
about myself, but am I ever “finished” growing as a person?
End!
The
end of a journey?
The
end of the road?
The
end of life?
Even
if I go on a completed journey at another time, it will not be exactly the same
as my first trip. Something will have changed either in myself or the roads or
the people I’ll meet along the way.
And
the road? When I drive to another part of the town where I live, it also changes.
If there’s been a few weeks or months, I’ll notice a new building, construction
in the road itself, some house painted, new people on the street, perhaps a
change in speed limit or traffic design. Even if it is a trip I take every day,
there is something different if I’m open to seeing it.
Then
there are some journeys that do take us to the end of the road – what lies
beyond is the vast ocean or a canyon or river with no bridge to cross. And yet,
if I take the same road on another day, there will be some aspect of that
end-of-the-road view that will be different.
Our
lives is another place where there is an end. There are a few people who are
resuscitated and come back to live a bit longer. For the vast majority once we
cross over or pass or die, we’ve come to an end. Whether it is “The End” or not
depends on our beliefs.
During
part of March and April, I decided to reread the seven books in my series, The Sacred Women’s Circle. I felt
distanced from them because I’d been distracted from writing for most of last
year and the first part of this one.
As a series, after Book One, the first scene in the next book picked up the next circle sister's story. At the end
of Book One, we learn Elizabeth is leaving the next day for Ireland. Book Two
opens with Elizabeth in Ireland and ends on Winter Solstice. Book Three opens
on Winter Solstice with Diana questioning her marriage after bearing witness to
the unconditional love shared between Elizabeth and her new husband. Book Four opens at Diana's wedding. Book Five opens with Ashley and her new husband off on their honeymoon.
However, when I came to Books Six and Seven:
Gabriella: Chaos and Symmetry and Sophia: Endings and Beginnings things changed. Each of these books start before the end of the
previous book. Having just reread the series I pondered why these last two
books overlapped in a different way.
Of all the women in the series, these
two had made choices along their paths that kept them separated for longer periods of time from the other women---both by choice and circumstances. In the end, they too had to face their personal demons, their fears. They had to accept help that was offered and even more daunting, they had to ask for help.
In
the end, to no one’s surprise. they find the man who will cherish and love them unconditionally. After
all, I do write romance.
In
addition to contemporary romance or romantic women’s fiction, I’ve ventured
into writing non-fiction. My first book, Staying
Sane in a Crazy World is available at your favorite
e-retailer. By following the simple
process outlined in this book, if you’ve unfinished projects that drive you
crazy, you can create a plan to change that!
Do
you ever feel as if the world around you is tumbling out of control and there is nothing you can do to make your world a better place?
Do
you ever wish there was?
Staying
Sane in a Crazy World may help guide you toward stopping the tumbling and
choosing how to take effective control of your life.
The
reality is there is no One answer that fits all but we each have Our answer.
In
this short guide, Judith Ashley leads you through a straight-forward process
that allows you to find Your answers. Answers you’ll use to craft a Personal Staying Sane Plan that will
help you regain and keep your balance whenever the world around you is
out-of-whack.
On
the fiction front, your complimentary copy of Lily: The Dragon and The Great Horned Owl, is waiting for you. To download it, you
need only sign up for my mailing list. I will not spam you and, you can always
unsubscribe.
As
an indie author, your support in the form of reviews is appreciated. Please
note in your review that you received a free copy of Lily in
exchange for an honest review.
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© 2018 Judith Ashley
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