I am pleased to welcome Miss Johanna Rae to my blog. First off let me say her book, The Mercenary is one of the best book's I have
read in years. It was AMAZING!!! I strongly suggest you go out and buy it.
read in years. It was AMAZING!!! I strongly suggest you go out and buy it.
All the things that make me
ME
Johanna Rae
When I became pregnant with my first child, I had a
few challenges and had to leave work very early on in the pregnancy. Many of my
friends and family asked me what on earth I was going to do to fill in the days
until I became a mother. They seemed to think I would be bored out of my mind
by the time the baby came but they could not have been more wrong.
I have a multitude of hobbies which are almost all within the realm of
creativity. Until this point I’d had to pick and choose what I gave my time to
as I balanced my job and marriage. Now I suddenly had time upon my hands. My
two biggest passions have always been writing and art. Back then writing was
just a hobby, an outlet of unrecognized potential. I still have some of the
stories I wrote during that time and I hope one day to go back and polish them
up. The only thing putting me off is that they are all handwritten in
notebooks. You see, back then I didn’t have a laptop either. For now they are
in the ‘one day’ pile.
It’s amazing how much can change about a person in a few short years.
Since having children I have not only been granted an unexpected perspective of
the world, I have also learned a lot about myself. When I say this I do not
mean I learned the hard way that babies mean sleepless nights. I do not mean
that I had to search within myself for patience I had not previously possessed
either. I love being a parent and yes that has been a journey. What I did not expect
was to learn so much about myself as a woman along the way.
In my early days of motherhood I suffered from post natal
depression. In dealing with that and
striving to be the best mother that I could be, I did a lot of soul searching.
And as my child grew and two more joined his side, I began to explore the woman
that I was beyond motherhood. I guess you could say that I came out of my
shell.
I continued to sketch and paint, and of course write. Now that my
creativity had been unleashed, I expanded it further, and took up hobbies such
as jewelry making, scrapbooking, music and knitting. There was never any time
to get bored, for if I was not spending time with my children I was busy
creating. I’m a deep thinker which leads to a lot of analysis. I’ve found that
no matter which creative outlet I choose, it in turn inspires something else.
Ultimately as I have allowed myself to grow, the writing has started
to overshadow everything else. I’m okay with this as I believe it is probably
the largest piece of who I am. Now that
the center of things has shifted I find that everything feeds the writer in me.
Whether I am sketching or camping with my husband and children, my subconscious
is always looking for the next story.
I’m okay with that too. Hi, my name is Johanna Rae and I’m a writer.
You can find my blog on Tracey's website
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