Sunday, June 16, 2013

Great Father's Day!

Hello to all my readers and if you are a papa, Happy Fathers's Day to you!  I trust you have had a great day and were able to spend time with your dearest family member's, your children (if you have any).  If your children are grown, out of the house and working on their own families, like mine are, then they are still your babies and I hope you were fortunate enough to spend some time with them this weekend.

However, if you have yet to start your own child raising experience, you have a lot to get ready for.  You also have a father that needs to know you love him, so, please remember him today, even if you can't see him.

I was very fortunate this week.  I have two grown son's who do have their own families and both of them made a special trip to Denver to see me this year. They were here for a whole week and it was wonderful.  We were able to spend a lot of time with my son's and their entire families; i.e. The grand kids.  They were all beautiful, smart and a bunch of fun to spend time with.  If they didn't look like me I would have to wonder if they really developed from my genes.  But they are mine and I am very proud of them!

Taylor, Jessica, Jonathon and Shannon are their names and each is wonderful.  I love them all so much and am eager to see what they will become.  I'm sure that you will all be amazed!

Today, however, they have all returned to their homes in Arkansas and California.  What have I done to celebrate the day?  Absolutely nothing.  Rest is the order of the day and this, too, is amazing and oh, so enjoyable.

I hope you have all been as fortunate as I (or is it me?) today, this week, this summer and every day.  To those who have been affected by and suffered loss from the wildfires in Colorado, I have you in my prayers and am asking for your safety.   God bless each of you.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Look Me in the Eyes...Now Do as I Say!

Okay, the kitchen is clean now and i've set out some hamburger to thaw for dinner.  I scrubbed what looked like the dog coughed up on the love seat and yesterday I did the floors.  I think I can take a break now.  

For those of you who do not know,  my wife is the bread winner in this house because I am on disability because of a stroke I had and at which time they discovered that I have Multiple Sclerosis.  So I am a house husband now that writes when I feel like I can maintain a thought.  Therefore, it falls on me to keep the house presentable.

I've struggled a bit lately with the being able to maintain a thought, that is long enough to write it down, and have not been as attentive to the blog or my next novel.  I am having a bit more trouble with this story than I have before because of the subject matter I have taken on.  I am still searching for an audience and so far I have written an action packed love story, Rescue of the Heart, and a spy novel, The Thorium Endeavor. Neither of which seem to be flying off the shelves, so I thought that this time I would try something with a serial killer.  The working title is Holding Her and is still very early in the developmental stage.  It will be a while before this is ready for public consumption, but don't forget about it.  

In the meantime, let me just mention that if you have not yet read either Rescue of the Heart or  The Thorium Endeavor, both written be me, Joel Wilson, please do.  Both are available as an ebook for Kindle or in print at Amazon.com.  It is also available for the Nook at Barnes&Noble.com.


I am looking forward to this summer and all it will bring.  The first thing it will bring is my wife's retirement from teaching with the Denver Public Schools.  Sitting still is going to be a big adjustment for her, but I am here to help her adjust.

The second thing coming my way this summer is my children and their families are coming for a visit.  It will be an all at once attack and I am anxious to see them all.  It's been years.

After that, my wife and I may take a driving vacation to see different parts of this country.  If that happens, I'll let you know where we will be and when.  I would love to meet you all.

Until then, I hope you enjoy your summer!  Keep checking back for new posts and updates.