It’s funny how this mornings prompt was asking about self-confidence, and how to gain it. I suppose that what I’m about to tell you, might be the perfect example for the response I posted.

While I’m not sure of how many will remember, two years ago I began a journey towards a dream I’d been carrying for some time. Ever since I was a small girl, I’ve been a dreamer, seeing incredible adventures that no one else could see. I always wanted to be able to write them down, in the hopes that someone else might journey there, someday.

Now, I’ve always written in journals, sent letters (in the dark ages), and told funny tales and adventures to my children. But, to tell a story from beginning to end was merely a dream, or a fantasy, if you will.

Journey With Me was the first public platform that I’d ever written on, outside of my own tablets and notebooks in the closet. Early in 2023, I had an idea for a story about a dragon, but it was very early in the dreaming stage. For anyone who remembers, I wrote a series called “Just A Bag”, which ended up being the catalyst for an epic journey. Amidst our homeless ventures in that broken down old R.V., Brutus was born.

For six months, I buried myself in the writing of Brutus. The journey gave me a safe place of peace, where the real world had no control over the lives of those within the tale… I did!

However, once the book had been completed, there was only an empty road before me… no home, no money, and absolutely zero support from anyone that mattered. I should say, anyone that mattered, aside from One! While you might think my husband was that go-to, he was not. Yes, he is my best friend, and other half, but Creed is more analytical, more technically inclined, as well as, motivated. He typically reads things from networking textbooks, and watches how-to-s for flying drones, and building self-sustaining robots. He get’s a free pass on trying to keep up with the amount of stories I write. Anyway, the One I am referring to is God.

In faith, I waited for the signs that I should step forward with the story.

With all the advancements in online self-publishing, I began considering whether I should simply begin, or maybe go back over the story one more time… or two.

After two years of arguing with myself, over whether I’d done my due diligence in the editing, it occurred to me that I needed to get moving. Volume II of the series is fully underway, so the first book really needed to be on the shelf (electronically speaking).

Though I cannot yet afford to publish in print, there was still the chance to try an e-book. We tested the Amazon KDP avenue with one of my children’s books, but it went nowhere. But, I wasn’t fully disappointed, as those books really aren’t meant for computers… they should be in a child’s hand.

Again, we looked into self-publishing through a number of companies out there, but all they wanted to do was take my money (of which, I have none). So back to Amazon we went.

In the end, it won’t matter if the story sells or not, because I’ll know that I completed what I started, from beginning to end… and no one can take that from me.

I’m not writing this to you for a like, a share, or even to direct you to a sales website. I simply felt that it was important for the ones who’ve been with me since the beginning of this journey. You see me write about Brutus all the time, as he travels wherever the Barnyard Babes travel. Interestingly enough, it seems that all the characters from Journey With Me are intertwined with one another. But, in regards to having his own story, the dragon deserves his own recognition.

On Saturday, June 6, 2026, I released his story:

I simply wanted to express my gratitude for who you are… my WordPress family. I believe that God brought each and every one of you into my life, through this site. I feel truly blessed in that!

Thank you!