Are You Grown Up Yet?

A question you deserve to keep answering.

Do you remember the first time someone asked you what you wanted to be when you grew up? I think I was in kindergarten. I don't remember my answer, but if it was true to form it would have been, 'I don't know.'

The same question popped up continuously throughout grade school, high school, and well into university. The question remained the same but my answer changed with the seasons.
First, I wanted to be a hairdresser. I grew up a little more and my aspiration changed to teacher.
As I grew older, the answer continued to change.
Psychologist.
Audiologist.
Writer.
Always a writer. But even I 'knew' that was a pipe dream.

When was the LAST time someone asked you what you wanted to be?
Do you remember?
Me neither.

At some point, we're considered all grown up and presumed to have the answer. More, we are expected to have accomplished all the becoming we were supposed to set our minds to sometimes decades before.

Maybe no one asks because it's too late to become anything other than what we already are. At some point, our evolution must be complete. Right?

For me? I've been waiting my whole life to figure out what I want to be. At the young-old age of 52, I've finally realized that my answer is destined to change as I do. We are never finished becoming.
Ever.

My current work in progress is a novella about a couple in their late 40s. Their kids have flown the coop and the house fairly echoes with only the two of them in it.
He's burnt out at his work and feels trapped.
Her body has thrown her into a tumultuous second puberty, and with the kids gone, her position has been discontinued. She's lost.

That's the beautiful thing about books. They allow us to peer through a fictional window into someone else's life and coax out the answers to the questions we've forgotten to ask.

Personally, I'm smack dab in the throes of menopause. I have more questions than answers but I have determined that I will not drift mindlessly into this next phase pulled by the current of decisions I made years ago.
I will open myself up and embrace possibility.
I will move forward with purpose.
We've only got one go-around in this life. There are no do-overs. And it's not too late to face tomorrow with purpose.

So, just in case no one has asked you lately, I will.
What do you want to be when you're just a little more grown up?
I can't wait to hear your answer.

• Small town

• Later in life

• Second Chance with First Love

• Soul mates

• Girl next door

• Single Parents

• Mental health rep

• Teddy Bear Alpha

• Spicy Open Door Steam

She didn’t trust him with the truth. He didn’t trust her with his heart. Is twenty years too late for a second chance?

Ruby

It’s been twenty years since I first handed Vander Vitalis my heart.
My life without him is small, manageable, and most importantly, safe. 
But when he walks through my door and tells me he’s here to stay?
Safe is the last thing I feel.

Vander

What kind of fool walks away from their soulmate not once but twice?
This time, I’m leaving nothing to chance. I’ve uprooted my entire life and moved across the country to be near her. 
I’ve loved her with my whole heart for more than half my life.
Nothing will make me walk away this time.

But I have a past she may not be able to accept.
And Ruby's holding secrets.

Featured Author: Melissa Foster!

Daisy Honey fled Trusty, Colorado, after years of battling rumors sparked by her gorgeous looks and lust-inducing name. Now a physician on the brink of a promising career, she reluctantly returns home when her father is injured in a farming accident. Daisy expects the small-town girls who hurt her in the past to take cheap shots again--but she's completely unprepared for a run-in with tall, dark, and wickedly sexy Luke Braden, the only man who has ever stood up for her--and the man she's never forgotten.

Luke Braden is handsome, wealthy, and the best damn gypsy horse breeder in the Midwest. After a restless youth, he's finally ready to settle down--only connecting with women is nothing like connecting with horses, and he's never met a woman worth the energy. After an arrest in a neighboring town, Luke's past comes back to haunt him, and he realizes that his inability to find love runs deeper than he ever imagined.

A chance encounter sweeps Luke and Daisy into a world of passion. For the first time ever, Luke feels a connection, but Daisy's life in Trusty is anything but permanent, and Luke can't manage a future until he puts his past to rest.

Happy reading and as always,

Live Messy, Love Madly!

Devin

xo