I am Marybeth Smith

As some of you saw on Facebook this weekend (then whined about it when I wouldn’t share the news **cough cough Scott cough cough**) I have an awesome announcement to make!

**Trumpets sound as the red carpet rolls out and I walk across it in my slinky silver evening gown to proclaim my wondrous news!!!***

(Reality…I’m sitting at my desk in my pajamas with a hint of lingering morning breath and a couple crusties that I forgot to wipe out of my eye … but who’s worried about details!)

On Friday afternoon, amidst a gloomy day (and we aren’t talking about a lack of UV Rays out doors) while my mood was doing the exact opposite of sky rocketing after a long drawn out Grocery Shopping trip with my children … I got a phone call …

**Gasps sound across the room **

Was it THE Call?

OMG!!!

Sigh….no…BUT

This call was almost as exciting as THE Call!

My phone call was an invitation to join the Website/Blog of If You Give a Girl a Pen!!!!

Slightly like the story If You Give a Moose a Muffin …

but closer to the story If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Considering the height difference and all…)

But with WAY less mess … unless you consider the red pen that was scratched across my first and second drafts a mess. Cuz it super looked like a mess! …

So a big thank you to the girls over at If You Give a Girl a Pen for accepting me into their group and for being crazy smart enough to notice my strange awesome writing talents!

Please take a minute to visit their site…and of course follow it since it’s another place that you get to read my awesome writing advice! You can welcome me here.