Tag Archives: Perfectionism

How Reading My Writing Out Loud During Workshop Saved My Son’s Wedding

Danette Laver officiates son's wedding.

A Special Request From My Only Child At our Thanksgiving table last year, my son, Garret, and his fiancée, Priscilla, gave me a book on officiating weddings. It was their way of asking me to perform their March wedding ceremony. Although they delivered a speech with their request, I don’t really remember the words because […]

Acceptance and Writing

Woman writing in journal.

  I lead the Tuesday night workshop at The Resiliency Center in Flourtown, PA. Every month one member of The Center chooses the theme and writes the main article for the newsletter. I drafted this one evening during the Tuesday Night Writers’ Workshop and decided to post it here as well. Acceptance and The Writing Process When I chose […]