{"id":38487,"date":"2025-01-06T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewriteplacerighttime.com\/?p=38487"},"modified":"2025-03-10T13:50:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T13:50:06","slug":"will-you-choose-to-be-the-miracle-firefly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewriteplacerighttime.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/06\/will-you-choose-to-be-the-miracle-firefly\/","title":{"rendered":"Will You Choose To Be The Miracle, Firefly?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Your spark is the light they’re looking for…  <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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I think the first time I saw a firefly I was six. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My older sister and I traveled with our daycare provider, Lonnie, to visit her family who lived in Maine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the fourth of July. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We went to one of Lonnie\u2019s parent\u2019s friend\u2019s house to catch the fireworks. You could see them in the far off distance from their yard without all the noise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They had a big yard and lived away from any main road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the sun set and darkness descended all around us, all you could see were the porch lights and a sky full of stars.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The further away you went from the house, the more you could see something else floating, it seemed, through the air, above the tall grass. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was like baby stars had fallen and were trying to make their way back up to the sky. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat are those?\u201d I asked with wonder and delight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lonnie was astonished; I had never seen fireflies before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She explained how she used to chase them as a kid and try to capture them in a jar to look at them up close and watch their little light flicker inside. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I went running after them, determined to catch one in my hands.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After several minutes, I was successful. I caught one, cupped it in my hands and peered in with one eye. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was pretty brilliant how brightly it glowed all on its own, especially with a close-up look. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sure, they were super pretty and fascinating all flying around in a soft and elegant swarm, but they didn\u2019t need the others to be magnificent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friend, YOU and your story are beautifully brilliant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You are the light illuminating someone else\u2019s dark sky.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

And I know how easy it is to believe that our personal story might not be relevant enough\u2026 that the story has been told dozens of times (and probably better) by a dozen other people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I\u2019m here to remind you that all those things don\u2019t actually matter. Because what your reader needs is YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY, YOUR PERSPECTIVE.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

YOU will be the one that finally brightens their darkest night.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And you don\u2019t have to be everything or know everything or have healed<\/em> everything<\/em> to be that light\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Impact doesn\u2019t start with a roaring blaze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It begins with a spark.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your <\/em>spark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is how we light up the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Individually and together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You ARE enough and your story IS relevant.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is just one more step to take\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Breathing life into your memoir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book a Story Stroll when you\u2019re ready to be the firefly.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be brave, be you,
Ally<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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