Today, I did some heaving cleaning and organizing at my day job. Both my brain and my body arrived home rather dusty from the ordeal. At 5:45, I threw together sandwiches for supper and started thinking about the writers’ meeting I would lead at 6:30.

When I dashed to the bedroom to change clothes, I thought, “I need to put on something that makes me feel like a writer!” Then I remembered the necklace Molly Rose gave me for Christmas one year. She created little charms out of actual words from my blog and hung them on a chain with lovely pearls.

I cried when I opened the gift, of course. The charms hold snatches of phrases and wouldn’t mean much to other people. But, I see the entire story of my baptism in the charm that captured the words snowed, grandfather, and water.

So, I wore the necklace tonight. And I made a sudden transition from office worker/cleaner-girl to creative artist/writer-person.

Why don’t you give it a try tomorrow? Maybe your dream is designing a quilt or writing a family history. Maybe you want to learn ballet or travel to Paris. Maybe you just want to organize that tote filled with old photos or redecorate your bedroom.

Whatever creative thing is stirring in your soul, give it some expression this week. Use a coffee mug in your color scheme. Put family photos on your desk. Wear ballet slippers while you sort the laundry. Find something tangible that encourages your dream.

When you touch your dream that way, you just might discover you have the energy to write 500 words or to sort one, small box of photos after supper. And eventually, those small steps will get the whole job done.

Please, send me a postcard from Paris.