Balancing a family and a writing career isn't easy. In fact, just being a mom and a wife has its challenges. I've reached the stage in life where I spend more hours in my car than I do in my home (not counting sleeping time, of course). Between my son's football, basketball and baseball schedules and my daughters rehearsals, piano/vocal lessons and run club, I have officially added a new repertoire to my resume, and it's called "chauffer." Were it not for the invention of the laptop, my writing career would be null and void. Before I owned a laptop, countless chapters had been etched onto napkins in my car, or scribbled onto old receipts dug from the bottom of my purse. Now, my laptop goes where I go and at practices and rehearsals and lessons I can usually be found sitting in my car with my computer propped atop my lap, rapidly typing away. It's what I do and what I love to do. ~
