Author: Sarra Cannon

I honestly can hardly believe it. I know I have said before on this blog that I sometimes don’t understand why celebrity deaths even matter to me, but they do. And this one in particular. I posted this picture also because that is how I remember him most from my childhood. Michael Jackson was a man who shaped the music and dance of an entire generation… and beyond. His movements were liquid – smooth, flowing and so fast and fluid. He was the definition of “cool” and “smooth” to me growing up. My sister and I had the original ‘Thriller’…

I hate not sleeping well. Not that there’s probably anyone who says, man, I love it when I don’t sleep well, but you know what I’m saying. Last night, I just tossed and turned for hours, and when I finally fell asleep, I had nightmares. I don’t remember everything about my bad dreams, but I know that I was trapped in a building that I could get out of with people following me and trying to catch me. It was not a fun night. So how do you recover from a poor night’s sleep? Is there really any good way?…

Okay, so it was their surrogate who had them, technically, but either way the twin girls are here and they are healthy! I can’t wait to see pictures! Born at 3:58 p.m., Marion Loretta Elwell weighed 5 lbs., 11 oz, and Tabitha Hodge Broderick weighed 6 lbs. People.com reported the above statement. It doesn’t say if the twins will just be called Marion and Tabitha, but I have to say that I love the name Tabitha. I am very happy for them, and I know that SJP is going to be the most fabulous mom to twin girls!!! I rarely…

I haven’t been able to bring myself to read all the details about the crash that killed at least seven people yesterday during rush hour. Maybe this event hits home more because in just 20 days, I’ll actually be in D.C., probably using the Metro myself. How does something like this happen? Aren’t there sensors and things that are supposed to prevent something like this? Two trains on the same track during rush hour. One train was just sitting there, not moving, and the other came up on it. It hit so hard that the compartment of the train was…

I find myself wondering how life with a lot of money must feel like. Can you imagine what it would be like to never have to worry about how you’ll pay for something? To never be concerned that your electricity will be turned off or that you’ll default on your loans? To be able to just book a flight to London on the spur of the moment and make reservations in the finest hotel without a second thought about how much it costs? Budget is a word I know very well. I have been on a budget for well over…

I could revise my own writing all day everyday. In fact, I could probably take one chapter from my current w.i.p. (work in progress) and rewrite it over and over and over… never actually loving the end result. Therefore, if I decide that I can’t move on to the next chapter until I’m happy with the one before, I’ll never get anything finished. Now that it is crunch time and there are only 25 days until the conference, I have no choice but to enter non-editing mode. No looking back. Even if what ends up on the page is complete…