Create Your Happiness

Alene McDaniel

5/30/2021

Create Your Happiness Contest

This pandemic really opened up my creativity. Let me pull out my scissors and tell you my tale. I love to travel with my family and close friends. When the world closed and I was stuck in the house, I was stuck in the house BORED. Let me say it again. I was sitting in the house, sitting in the house bored.

I was doing everything I could to keep us healthy with foods, exercise, sunlight and vitamins. After work, I was still bored in the house – BORED. The outside world was CLOSE. Oh no, I cannot travel and I hardly ever had me time. Schools are closed. Everyone is home. Tensions are building up- I had to express myself. I escaped by writing and drawing. I did both and created my book. I am so happy that my creativity came out of me. I have a vivid imagination. I am also very attentive to my daughter and she vibrant imagination as well.

I went back to the drawing board- literally. I pulled out my paper, coloring pencils and scissors. Then, I created the sketches for my book’s illustrations.

With each page that I wrote for my children’s book, I created the drawings that I envisioned for each page. I cut and pasted each drawing, then pasted it to the construction papers. I used my time with cutting, coloring, drawing and writing as a way for therapy.

To be honest, I love the outdoors and traveling the world. When international traveling came to a complete halt and I was unable to interact with other people, as I normally do, it took some time to adapt to the “NEW NORMS.”

After I finished my drawings and each page to my book, I pushed myself to get this book published. Of course my soon to be husband and daughter were my biggest inspirations. They were the two people that encouraged me the most to take a chance and follow my dreams with this book. Guess what? I did it!!!

I wrote other books over the last few years but I did not have the courage to push myself to get it published. Life kept getting in the way and I lost focus. I finished most of my other children’s books but I did not get them published just yet. I still intend on getting my other books published. One step and one accomplishment at a time. This time, I started completely from scratch, took the world’s current event, and made sure I made this story relevant for the world.

Well, since the outside world was close, I challenged myself. I said, “What do I have to lose? I am just sitting in the house BORED.” I had fewer distractions because there were very few places that I could go to that were open for us to participate. I challenged my creativity and completed my book. I know this is going to be a best seller. I am getting so many compliments on my book.

I ended up writing and getting my first children’s book published. My book is about my daughter’s life during this pandemic. She is a superhero that saves the world from its recent issues.

Check it out! My book is very good! The name of my book is, “The Corona Tales with Galaxina” by A Mc. It is now available on Amazon, Walmart.com, Target.com and B&N.com. Now since the world is slowly opening back up, my creations have more opportunities to be seen in person at events and when I promote online.

I am no longer sitting in the house, sitting in the house bored. Let’s all enjoy life! Love everyone! Thank you!