Here we go again!
Hello friends, Phil here. I'm attempting to turn over a new leaf in my writing. My life has become a complicated one, full of joys and frustrations that would have been incomprehensible to me two years ago.
I'll get to the life updates in a moment. But first I want to address the purpose of this blog.
I hope for this to be a place where my lovely wife, Violet, and I get to share with you some of our writings, reflections and fiction, and other media. Both of us being writerly types, and English majors, this a bit of a project we hope to work on together.
I hope the content I will provide will generally fall into these categories: life updates, reflections and ruminations, and fiction posts.
Although they are rather cliche, after some serious consideration, my New Year's resolution this year was to finally write a novel that I've been talking about forever. I decided to start small and focus on something YA or early teen fiction in the fantasy setting.
Anyways, here's a short run-down on life in the last two years:
- I met the love of my life. We decided we REALLY liked each other and that being together was far better than being apart. However she lived in BC and I in Alberta.
- I decided I'd better marry her, and I started saving up for the ring while in school, finishing my English degree
- Last year, she moved out to Alberta, staying at friends, while we got to know each other better, as she now lived nearby.
- I proposed. In the Calgary Tower, no less. She accepted. It was epic.
- I finished up my time as a volunteer at Camp Chestermere in a CLTD leader capacity. It was a moment of both poignancy mixed with pride in the kids I got to know, and humility at how God was able to use me at camp in the past few years
- I took spring classes at the university and finished up my degree.
- I worked framing during the summer.
- We got married in October. It was beautiful and amazing and intense.
- I lost my framing job due to a downturn in the construction industry.
- I convocated with a Bachelor's in English and a Minor in History
- I began to work at a warehouse job just before Christmas.
- Christmas happened.
And now here we are, friends.
