There are so many things I intend to do: Write blog posts twice a week. Save money. Give more to charity, often a specific charity. Get to know my neighbors. Write every day. Volunteer with a nonprofit. Send a thank-you note. Lose weight. Clean the bathroom. Get more articles published. Exercise more. Communicate more often …

I would never have picked up More Than Enchanting on my own. I don’t think I’m in denial when I say that it has nothing to do with the black woman on the cover. It’s that I found the butterfly image freaky, and the title reminded me of one of those be-a-sweet-Proverbs-31-woman kind of titles. …