And Now I Am a Real Writer

A little gift was just the motivation I needed...

Something huge has happened. Something that will change the trajectory of my writing career. From this point forward nothing will be the same again. Someone very near and dear to me, who believes in my dreams, gifted me the one thing any creative needs in 2023…A MACBOOK. If my 4 Substack subscribers weren’t enough to convince you, I am now writing this on the Nimbus 2000 of computers. I feel elated, I feel motivated, I feel classy and professional as fuck.

I have been a lifelong Windows user who has always been envious of the sleek Apple people. This really is a dream of mine come true. I know it sounds silly, it’s just a laptop, but really I have been dreaming of this since I was 14. I remember going to my friend Devan’s house for a sleepover and being in awe when she pulled out her laptop that was not only her own, but a MacBook. Now this was before the days where every kid had a computer. In my family the concept of having our own was as foreign as can be. Seeing that beautiful silver glisten as she pulled it out forever left an imprint. As we spent the night perfecting our Myspace pages I fell more and more in love with the MacBook. The way the keyboard felt was something I had dreamed of. So smooth and the perfect noise “tapped” as I struck each key. This is what a writer uses, I remember thinking.

Now as a broke 14 year old from a family that would never allow me to have my own computer I was pretty certain I would never get my own. That certainty only grew as I got older and as my age increased so did the price of these perfect computers. So even though the idea of having a laptop was the epitome of a professional writer, I gave up on the idea and settled for a nice cheap PC. Hey at least I could play the Sims on it.

And then last week I decided to give in. To stop pushing for things to work out, to trust the universe and my journey. I made a promise to myself to live in the moment and allow my abundance to come to me. And that is exactly what happened. A gift from a special someone arrived and it was this MacBook Air. My MacBook Air. My sign from source. My gift from the angels reminding me that I am on the correct path. I am exactly where I am meant to be. Of course material objects aren’t what is important. I know I can write on anything and I will be the same. It isn’t about what this computer is, it is about what it means.

Having this new laptop tells that little 14 year old me that dreams come true. There are so many factors of my life today that that little girl would never believe are a part of her future. I am a mother, a wife, a homeowner, a nurse, a podcast host, I am a writer. I am a real writer, not because I have this, but because someone believes in me and my writing enough that this was the gift they selected for me to see me succeed. And I am going to. I am going to succeed like the wind. I am accomplishing everything I have desired and doing so with the love and grace of patience and trust.

So here is to an even newer era of my writing career, my MacBook era.

So happy to have you here with me :)