Jennvanhekken.com Website Review

an unfiltered look at raising te*ns, writing novels, life after 40, and everything in between. i like to think that i was at the forefront of this #onelittleword trend. seriously, chris and i heard about the idea for choosing a word for the year way before hashtags and bloggers made it popular. it was before kids and before we were actually ready to think about a word for the year. instead, we set resolutions like “i’m going to be a better version of myself this year,” until january 5 when we figured out that the plain old year-before version of ourselves was just fine. in the past 5 years however, we’ve embraced the #onelitteword movement, and we’ve (i’ve) even made the whole family get so no, it’s not everyone’s favorite new year’s even moment, but it’s mine, and they are all mediocre sports about it because they was one of the most significant years for me as far as choosing a word goes. i remember in may of 2017 when i finished writing and publishing my first novel, “the single guy,” (ok…it’s my only novel) and i wondered if i should tell anyone about it (i know, that’s the point of writing…but let me tell you…sharing your writing with the world is hella scary!) and then i reminded myself that my word was brave. and i sent it into the world…and people loved it…and didn’t…and those are both ok, because i was just brave enough to and then in july. i called my friend randilynn at blended furniture market and asked her for a job. and i get that that doesn’t feel brave…except it was. because she wasn’t really my friend at the time, just an acquaintance. and i’m super afraid of rejection. and i thought it might be awkward if she said no. or yes. but i reminded myself to be brave and i walked in and took a job that has literally changed my life (i had no idea jobs could do that…i’ll write more about that later). and then there was august. in august i sent my baby gi*l to college. and it was the bravest thing that i have ever done in my life.