Sarah Blake’s Mini-Dedication Declared the Winner of the #DelicateLove Giveaway

Today I’m thrilled to announce that Sarah Blake won The Delicate Nature of Love Giveaway. She’ll receive a signed copy of my book, a lavender scrub from Sugarlicious Scrubs, and this beautiful illustration by Meg Bauer of Tiny Two Avenue.

 

Here’s what Sarah wrote:

My inspiration. My dad. I was his princess, his bunny. He was my best friend, my hero. He loved so big. He laughed so loud. He tried so hard. He died so young. Alcohol. I want to be just like him. I want to be nothing like him. He is always here yet I miss him immensely.

Beautiful thoughts. Congratulations Sarah!

Five Years Gone

Here's my mini-dedication. . .

 

No more watching you stare out over the water, face frozen in a reflective gaze.

No laughing as you dance around like The Lion King’s Rafiki. Back hunched. Elbows jutting out. Wise pout pushing out your lips.

No one to direct conversations with an invisible baton.

No one to listen to the birds with me.

No blasting “Life is a Highway” with the windows down.

No deep conversations I always doubted you remembered the next day.

No dad to tell me how tall my girls have grown.

Or to give me that big frog smile with your thumb up and the words “I’m proud of you” rolling off your tongue.

No more worrying about you falling in the night or that you’ll say something you’ll regret.

No more sharing a love for the outdoors.  

You’re five years gone. And the world feels a little less full. A little less erratic. 

You were a rush of wind blowing through an open door. A hurricane and a sinking stone.

You were something to me. 

Miss you, Dad.

 

 

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#delicatelove

 

 

#DelicateLove Giveaway

Shaking it up around here. I’m not asking you to do the usual tweeting, facebooking, yodeling from the mountaintops about my latest novel, THE DELICATE NATURE OF LOVE for a chance to win a super cool giveaway.

Instead, I’m asking you to dig deep—to remember a time in your life when someone’s influence on you made a permanent impact.

 

I want you to capture the impression this person had on you in a very specific and creative way via social media. To create a mini-dedication.

A few “rules” to win:

1.  Keep it brief. The goal is to evoke emotion in as few words as possible—to help us to understand why you’re changed because of this person. Be imaginative.

2.  You must add #delicatelove wherever you decide to post.

3.  You need to attach my cover somewhere to your story. If you’d like and if room allows, you’re welcome to provide a more detailed explanation for what you’ve written/come up with.

 

Four Places to list your mini #delicatelove gratitude reflections à

In the comments of this post

On Facebook (make sure to include a picture of my cover, #delicatelove & try to tag me if at all possible—at the very least notify me that you’ve posted something to enter)

On Twitter

On Pinterest

 

I will compile responses on March 17th, and then consult a select group of trustworthy folk to let me know which story moved them the most. When I get a unanimous vote, I’ll announce the winner here on March 18, 2015.

Hear that? You have two weeks to creatively express a mini-dedication to the person who changed your life forever...for a chance to win the #delicatelove giveaway.

Have at it!

You’re all considered winners in my book (especially those dedicated to inspiring others)!

 

 

*Heads up, I might repost, retweet, or recycle what you’ve written if it moves me. Keep this in mind if what you’re creating is more of a private reflection.

**If you see me posting, it’s not to win. Only having fun with the contest myself & hoping to provide examples.