Oh, does this image above make you want to curl up on a couch covered in that warm cozy blanket? A cup of hot cocoa warming your hands?

The cinnamon sticks and nutmeg envelop your senses as you stir in the marshmallows drizzled with caramel and chocolate fudge syrup. And then you close your eyes. You are now in the moment. And there is the part where you say, "Ahhhh..!” Almost instantly you find yourself taking a few minutes-long vacations—such vacations that occur only in your mental state. And now, the not-so-perfect stuff you ran into early on in the day—GONE, like the marshmallows starting to melt away. 

Then you reach for that book you picked up at your local bookstore—a novel, perhaps? That is the feeling I get each time, even in the middle of the dog days of summer! Simple joys that are easy to be had.

It is for the same reason I love the Fall and winter seasons because it is when the heart is in vacation mode, at least speaking of mine. And speaking of vacations, to me, it should be a combination of many things. It should be analogous to a beautiful tapestry with captivating yet subtle color hues and eye-catching patterns, but not busy. And with vacations, it has to be relaxing, yet the fun factor and ponderings are all woven in. It is the pondering that gravitates me to journaling more often, allowing the creative juices to flow.

Soon I will start populating this page with some of the things that crossed my mind, often unintentionally, not at all the fleeting kind but engaging sentiments that sit tight in my head and are deserving of reflection. And though not in keeping with the theme of the posts initially shared, brushed with divine intervention—were wholesome ponderings that put me in a festive mood and allowed me to experience things through my heart. 

And, speaking of novels, I have one of my own, but it still sits on the back burner—a contemporary romance novel. I know... pretty ambitious, alright. Would it land on a literary agent's desk? I hope so, and how I wish I could give a more definite answer to that. In the meantime, I will continue what I have started here while I pick up where I left off on the second novel that also follows the romance genre as the first one.

Many blessings!