Anna Gomez's Blog, page 2

All in Due Time

I’ve been out of words for weeks. Full of thoughts and ideas and musings but my words are nowhere to be found. Which alarms me greatly – because I’ve circled the cycle of life in the past few weeks with nothing to show for it but a head full of reflection. Maybe it’s because I’ve been discouraged by the amount of time it takes to get things going in this industry. All this time and effort and...

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THANK YOU, NYC!

It was a last minute decision – but when told about this once in a lifetime opportunity, who in their right mind wouldn’t want to be there in person? Before that, I’d been booking and canceling trips since March -despite envying my friends who seemed to be traveling freely. So last week when we found out that we would be on the Nasdaq board, I faced my fears and did it! Flew to NYC for two days...

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Life in the Season of Hope: Part III – Starting Over

It’s Memorial Day weekend and I have so much to tell you. But first, I thought I’d finish off this trilogy before I move on to my next post. Besides, this is going to be short one – I’m only ten days in with my new job, so there’s not much to say yet. All I know is that I made the right decision – everything is so new and challenging, I’ve rekindled the fire in me once again. So…starting over.

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Life in the Season of Hope: Part II – Walking Away

Do you know that “dog ate my homework” excuse that’s been in play since time immemorial? Well, you won’t believe this, but weeks ago, I wrote this blog post and lost it when the power went out. It was so thoughtfully crafted, I didn’t know how to recreate it. But I realize how I left you all hanging with Part I – I planned to write a Part II and a Part III all in quick succession. But alas (did I...

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Life in the Season of Hope: Part I – Out of the Dark

HAPPY EASTER! I can’t believe it’s been months since I’ve written. Not that I’ve run out of words. I have so much to say, but it’s been difficult, trying to get my thoughts into words when I’d been working with words all along. So much has happened in the past few months. Some great, some not so great. But I’m happy to say that I think I’ve emerged from everything intact. I have so many updates!

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The Gift of 2020

Can you believe it’s that time of the year again? 2020 will be over in two weeks! And despite the monotony and routine of the past nine months, the holidays have managed to sneak up on us. This should be a time of celebration, of retrospect and gratitude for the year that passed. But for some of us, it doesn’t feel that way. The world is in pain. And we are in desperate need of healing.

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Cloaked In Kindness

They say it’s not over until it’s over. For the first time in years, you had the worst two weeks of your career. There you were, priding yourself on your ability to roll through change as it happens – after all, your life has been full of it. So much so, that you’d adapted to a life that never stops moving. Thrived on it, to be honest. You always thought change was good. Until it wasn’t.

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Ponderings from the Pandemic: Friendships that Fuel

I swear, every single time I plan to write a blog post, my mind goes blank! It’s as if I am being reminded that I can only handle one creative endeavor at a time! Since we are well on the way to writing our second book in the series (which by the way, will be even better than the first one), I’ve had limited words to share. It’s been over eight months since we first packed up our computers and...

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This Week is My Life

I got a text the other day from my friend, TF, who said – “make sure I’m in charge of your birthday video next year.” “What?” I asked, surprised. “What video?” “You know, the videos you make on birthdays that have all your accomplishments? I’m making that video for you next year.” “Well,” I said, in a response peppered with LOL emojis “It’s going to be short video because all the accomplishments...

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In This Life…

August just came and went, and September is off to many unexpected blessings. My two books, Eight Goodbyes and In This Life, won some awards! Something I had never, ever dreamed of! Click to view slideshow. Eight Goodbyes was a Finalist in the International Book Awards. My agent made sure I knew that there was only one winner, which means that being a Finalist is an honor on its own. I don’t doubt...

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