This was a post I made recently in Inspirational Reads and Authors on Facebook. (I am doing a Coffee/Tea Talk takeover there for the month of January.)
If my life were a book blurb, mayBE this is what it would say….
She married the spreadsheet. She is the pile. Somehow, it works.
Amy’s a Type B creative who believes planning ahead is optional and purses are meant to hold everything—receipts, pens, random papers, possibly a fossil or two. She’s married to a former Army sergeant who lines up his dollar bills in numerical order, all facing the same direction, and has never once understood how she can find so many different places to put the scissors.
Together, they raised three grown children who all march to the beat of their own drum (or, in her oldest’s case, her own violin). By day, she teaches fifth grade in an urban public school. By night, she writes… whatever genre feels right at the moment. Historical romance. Contemporary romance. Rom-coms. Fairy-tale retells. Fantasy under a pen name. Even science fiction about a space station in its final days—because why not?
Somewhere in the middle of all that, she has tangled with one of the rarest cancers imaginable (ankle cancer—yes, really — synovial sarcoma), and she laughed while telling people about it because she felt so awkward breaking the news. She now celebrates every clear scan, often while out for tasty treats. She clings to the firm belief that God writes the best plot twists of all.
Heartfelt, hopeful, and just a little chaotic, this is a book fueled by grace, creativity, and the unshakable truth that happy endings don’t require perfection—just faith, love, and maybe a really good cup of tea.
I am going to title this chapter of my life, “The Chapter Where Everyone Grows Up Except Me.” Ha ha — maybe it’s because I am a fifth-grade teacher, but I do not feel half a century old! Maybe that’s also because I started hormone replacement therapy two months ago. If that is too much information, I’m so sorry. But, I’m praising God for less brain fog, less joint pain, and more energy. I even started going to the gym after school most days.
For those of you who didn’t know the details, I had major surgeries for cancer in my leg in May of 2024. I’m so grateful for clear scans in December, and for how little pain I have to deal with. I even joined the ski club at my middle school, and I am planning on going skiing for the first time in about a decade next Friday.
God has been so good to me, and I want to enjoy all the gifts He has given with vibrancy while pouring my life out for Him as much as possible through my writing and other ministries.
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