Silly Mom Thoughts

(When you’re a Mom, you come up with new words for sh*t. Today, I’m substituting “macaroni.” Sounds tastier, anyway.) Holy macaroni, I’m in shock. So much, in fact, that I started this blog at least ten different ways and deleted it because I couldn’t find the right words. There simply are no words to describe the feeling of what I’m about to tell you. None, nada, nil.

On Tuesday, I mentioned that I was a finalist in the Accentuate Writers Anthology Contest and that I would find out later this week if I made first, second, or third place.

It was announced early this morning that we would be finding out the results in the afternoon. Immediately, my heart started thumping. I felt confident in my story, but I hadn’t read most of the other entries and I know the people who were in the finals with me are super creative and talented. I really wanted to place, to hold a spot in another anthology. It would grant me even more encouragement that yeah, I am a writer and I can do this.

The results were posted and I forced myself to read everything before scrolling down to see who the winners were. It was so close, Michy mentioned, and difficult to judge.

Oooh, please have mine be in there! I silently begged the computer screen.

Scroll, scroll, heart beating out of my chest and wham!

“First Place: #101-Second Chance-Lindsay Maddox“

Holy macaroni, did I read that right?!

Sure enough, along with my forum buddy, Jo Brielyn, and a forum buddy’s hubby, Thor Gunnin, was my name.

Do you know what this means?

Along with a sweet cash prize (something that we need so badly) and some other goodies, I will be published in another anthology! I still cannot wrap my head around it. Oh my goodness, am I so excited. And proud, too. I know it isn’t good to be too prideful, but I really worked my butt off polishing that story. It was brutal, tedious, and heartbreaking to edit it down. Now I can see that it was totally worth it!

Wohoooo!

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