Heidi Hess Saxton and I first crossed virtual paths nearly twenty years ago when I was the editor of Writer’s Digest magazine and she was a freelance writer. She was the kind of freelancer I enjoyed working with-always on time, her articles hitting the mark in content and length.
Flash forward a few years and this time I was the one pitching an article to her, an article that never quite 
worked. We met in person for the first time in the summer of 2015, and it as if we’d known each other forever.
worked. We met in person for the first time in the summer of 2015, and it as if we’d known each other forever.Recently, Heidi was downsized, as happens to way too many good people in publishing these days. I was struck by the grace she showed in sharing the news. As she said on her Ask a Catholic Editor blog, “I’m sure God will give me another opportunity where I can (help authors), and do it well. And if he doesn’t… well, I’ll just wait on him until he shows me what he DOES want me to do.” Heidi shows me that God’s detours don’t have to result in spiritual upheaval.
