Skip to content
Forest Idylls

Forest Idylls

Finding Hope Through Hardship

  • Home
  • Just me
    • Contact Me
  • Writing
    • Books
      • Drawn Into Love
      • Picture of the Past
      • Ethrill
    • Short Stories
      • Magic Hour
      • Courage
      • Chosen
      • Masks
  • Idyllwood

Tag: Stories

Writing

The Whole Story

December 8, 2021 Jacinta Meredith2 Comments

Everyone is writing Christmas short stories, so I decided to try my hand at one yesterday. As always, it turned out overly dramatic, but here you go anyway! Sadie hung the last ornament, a simple silver bell. Perhaps the simplest of all her ornaments. And yet. With a soft stroke of her hand, the tiny… Continue reading The Whole Story

Musings · Stories

Hope and Storytelling

July 29, 2020July 27, 2020 Jacinta Meredith2 Comments

When I exited the house that night, I slipped into my car, and unfolded the check I had been handed for a night of babysitting. And then I leaned my head against the steering wheel, and I wept. Making it in college is rarely easy. I had moved across the country, to a state where… Continue reading Hope and Storytelling

Memories · Updates · Writing

Goats and Progress

July 15, 2020July 13, 2020 Jacinta Meredith7 Comments

There was another family who had also built a cabin in the middle of the woods. I remember precisely one thing about them. They had goats. You know that feeling when you bite into a piece of soft, creamy goat cheese? You let the pungent flavors soak in on your tongue, closing your eyes as… Continue reading Goats and Progress

Musings

Weariness and Breaking the Rules

July 17, 2018July 17, 2018 Jacinta Meredith2 Comments

It has been  long couple months of travel. From May 25 to date, I have traveled to Oklahoma, Florida, Kansas, New York, Minnesota, and Cleveland and have another trip to Orlando scheduled in 12 days. Needless to say, I am beginning to feel a little exhausted. Today, especially, having worked 23 hours in the last two… Continue reading Weariness and Breaking the Rules

Uncategorized

Protected: NaNoWriMo Day 5: 8,604 Words Total

November 5, 2017March 16, 2018 Jacinta Meredith

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Follow Me

  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Visit My Blog

Read my weekly ramblings on life, writing, and faith!

Follow Forest Idylls on WordPress.com

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 439 other followers

Facebook Page

Facebook Page

Search Forest Idylls

Recent Posts

  • When all hope is gone
  • Revision, Revision, Revision
  • More jottings
  • Random Jottings
  • Editing Rant

Twitter

My Tweets

Goodreads

Website Built with WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • Forest Idylls
    • Join 439 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Forest Idylls
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...