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by Amy Beeman | Jul 21, 2021 | Family

The way I feel about my editor is the same way a toddler feels about any given food: one day I love her and the next day she repulses me. She likes one of my word choices: I love her. She tells me to cut more words: I hate her. I had no idea how much goes into editing...

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When you nail your @flyovercanadavancouver photo! When you nail your @flyovercanadavancouver photo! 💪🏼 Go see Windborne: Call of the Canadian Rockies. It’s breathtakingly spectacular. 🏔 Thank you #FlyOverCanada for an epic experience. It was much needed and much appreciated. ❤️
𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄𝙛 𝙄 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙧? 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘉𝘦𝘦𝘳 & 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘐 𝘨𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘳. 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘳. 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘳, 𝘩𝘢𝘻𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘳, 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴… 𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘳. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘳, 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘏𝘮𝘮𝘮𝘮𝘮… 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 6-𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴. 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘐’𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘻𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸, 𝘐 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦. 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘱. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘶𝘺𝘴… 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘯. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. {continued in comments}
Happy Father’s Day… from The Usual Suspects. Happy Father’s Day… from The Usual Suspects. #FathersDay #HappyFathersDay #HappyFathersDay2022
The face of gratitude. 💜 Thank you to everyone The face of gratitude. 💜 Thank you to everyone who came out to support Unwrap Your Dreams (and me!) today. My heart is full.
🎶 Be in the room where it happens. 🎶 #Acco 🎶 Be in the room where it happens. 🎶 #AccordingtoAmy #Hamilton #BAC #BroadwayAcrossCanada
The door doesn’t slam shut on a chapter of your The door doesn’t slam shut on a chapter of your life. It closes slowly. The initial push to get the momentum started is the hardest, whether you’re pushing it or someone else is. Along the way the door’s momentum may slow down, but the sliver of light is still getting smaller. The door may even stall and stop moving completely, but you know its only a matter of time before it continues its journey to becoming fully closed. So as my door on this chapter closes, I am going to acknowledge every milestone along the way. If the door is going to inevitably close, you might as well celebrate as the sliver of light disappears into darkness. 🍾 And then you get ready to open the next door. 🚪 ❤️
My next project??? 🎶 😂 Thank you for the br My next project??? 🎶 😂 Thank you for the brilliant idea, Fiona! ❤️ {click on the link in my bio to get your own copy of Unwrap Your Dreams!} #AccordingtoAmy #UnwrapYourDreams #childrensbook #kidsbook #localauthor #vancouverauthor #song #newrelease #nextproject
From the football field to the ballroom. What a di From the football field to the ballroom. What a difference a day makes! My Renaissance Man. 😍 #Sam #AccordingtoAmy #football #flagfootball #ballroom #ballroomdance #11yearsold #renaissance #renaissanceman
Searching for inspiration. Maybe it’s down there Searching for inspiration. Maybe it’s down there? 😂 #AccordingtoAmy #inspiration #searchingforinspiration #BowenIsland
𝟮.𝟱 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 This post is 2.5 months in the making… I was holding off writing it, hoping that I would have a big update to give… but I don’t. So I’m writing today to give you a non-update. Two and a half months ago my life was turned upside down when I lost my job of 17 years. It was shocking and jarring and quite honestly, two and a half months later it still feels shocking and jarring. I’m working my way through the seven stages of grief, which my counsellor says is the normal process after job loss trauma. As I work through the stages, I’m trying to find the joy in the small things like seeing the kids in the morning before school, going for a long walk with the dog in the middle of the day, taking online courses to help discover what I want to be when I grow up. I’m also eating a lot of chips and chocolate because… well, because it makes me happy. And there are times I need immediate happiness. I know working out and eating green things will make me happier in the long run, but I’m not there yet. (Maybe that will be the next stage?) I’m trying to listen to the things my husband is telling me…. “You’ve worked hard your whole life, it’s okay to relax for a bit.” “Take some time for yourself. “Enjoy the down time.” “We’ll figure it out.” “We’re in this together.” “We’ve got your back.” (Maybe he should get into motivational speaking because he’s a damn good cheerleader.) And I’m trying to be easy on myself, because if there was ever a time I need to lower my expectations of myself, this is it. Thanks friends. (And thanks to my sister Carly for buying this round of groceries! 😁)
𝑼𝒏𝒘𝒓𝒂𝒑 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑫𝒓 𝑼𝒏𝒘𝒓𝒂𝒑 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑫𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒔: 𝑳𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕! ❤️ Hello all you lovely people who pre-ordered Unwrap Your Dreams! From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank you for your support. It means the world to me. For those of you who chose the shipping option when you pre-ordered, all books will be in the mail by the beginning of next week. For those of you who chose the local pickup option, I am thrilled to tell you that we will be set up at Second Nature Home Boutique (3565 Commercial Drive) on Saturday, June 18th. Stop by anytime between 11:30am and 2:30pm to pick up your book or books. If you didn’t have a chance to pre-order my book, no worries! I’ll have tons of extra copies with me on June 18th so stop by! And if you already have your copy of Unwrap Your Dreams, please come by anyway. Say hi, visit, do a little shopping. (@2ndnaturehome is one of my favourite local stores. You can find baby shower gifts, birthday presents, Father’s Day treats and a few things for yourself!) If you aren’t able to come out on the 18th, and you still need to pick up your book, please email me and we’ll arrange something else (amy@amybeeman.ca). And I’m still shipping books as well! You can order here: Unwrap Your Dreams. Thank you all and can’t wait to see you June 18th!!!
What’s my line again??? 😂 @connektcreative What’s my line again??? 😂 @connektcreative @digital_sound_magic_recording #voiceartist #voiceover #audiobook #AccordingtoAmy #voiceactor
𝙈𝙮 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚… 𝘼𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣! Friends… this has been a learning experience. To say the least. On April 10, I posted a photo of me holding my book (!) after it was delivered. It wasn’t a single book that was delivered, it was 500 copies. As soon as the boxes arrived, I poured over them: looking at the images, reading the text, making sure it was perfect. And it looked perfect! Until I really opened it up. That evening, my three kids and I sat down to read the book together. As I was reading the dedication page, I realized the spine was cracked. It looked like a book that had been signed out of a public library hundreds of times, instead of a brand new book right from the printers. Hmmm, I thought. That’s unfortunate. One of the books is ruined. I went downstairs to grab another one. Same thing. Next book? Same thing. I went through 5 boxes, and all 500 books had broken spines! It was heartbreaking. To wait so long for my books, after struggling with the printers for months to get the images just right… it really stole the joy of the “I’m a published author” moment. After weeks of back and forth emails with the printing company, it was decided that the books would be reprinted and sent to me as soon as possible… and the 500 subpar books would be sent back to the printers for recycling. So a month later, here we are! I have 500 quality books and I can’t wait to get them to you!!! This week I will start mailing books out and for those of you who chose the local pick up option, standby! I will have the date of that very soon. {continued in comments}
Her Loss 💔 My gain is her loss. I hear “M Her Loss 💔 My gain is her loss. I hear “Mom.” She hears silence. I feel hugs. She just has the memory of his arms around her. I see smiles and eyes that light up with excitement. She has to close her eyes to see his face. I hear giggles and laughs. She only hears the echos of them. I get to watch him grow up. She just gets to dream about it. Because my gain is her loss. #BirthMothersDay
High five! 🐾 @finleythedog2020 #dog #dogsofi High five! 🐾 @finleythedog2020 #dog #dogsofinsta #dogsofinstagram #highfive #finley
Popsicles + bubble baths = the only things getting Popsicles + bubble baths = the only things getting me through this sh*tty spring cold. 🤒 Who else has been taken down by this cold???? #springcold #sick #cold #thissucks
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What now? I’ve been waiting for my kids’ passports since March 28th (applied in person). Now do I line up at 6am in #Surrey at the passport office? Or downtown #Vancouver? Is that 6am early enough? Do I sleep there overnight? HELP @PassportCan @DonDavies
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What now? I’ve been waiting for my kids’ passports since March 28th (applied in person). Now do I line up at 6am in #Surrey at the passport office? Or downtown #Vancouver? Is that 6am early enough? Do I sleep there overnight? HELP @PassportCan
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Amy Beeman

Amy Beeman is a published children's book author who is constantly on a quest to better herself. She’s also a wife, and a mom of 3 (twins and adoption). Between marriage, children and work, she still somehow finds time to run a couple half marathons every year. She loves exploring Vancouver with her family and writing about her experiences.

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