Cross mechanical pencils and Bic Atlantis pens

Bright colored post-its and good critiques from friends

Composing a sentence that absolutely sings

These are a few of my favorite things

Cream-colored journals and dark chocolate toffee

Notebooks and datebooks and French vanilla coffee

Royalty checks that fly with the moon on their wings

These are a few of my favorite things

Editors in white dresses with “I LOVE IT!” satin sashes

Good reviews that stay on my nose and eyelashes

Productive white winters that write into spring

These are a few of my favorite things

When the rejections come

When the critiques sting

When I’m feeling bad

I simply remember my favorite things

And then I don’t feeeeeeeeeeel soooooo baaaaaad!

MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL!