I took this picture during a trip to the Rio Grande Valley. I love cloud formations, and this photo captured an interesting one. Also, the highway, a bit blurred because it was taken from a moving vehicle, is inspirational. I compare the highway to the writing world which at times seems to be an impossible road to publication. Getting published is not easy. But regardless of my illness, I won’t quit writing.

I learned so much from my parents about getting up when life didn’t quite go my way. Whenever I fell down, I learned to get up, dust myself off, and keep on going.

Words to live by for writers(from Thomas Edison): “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”