Posts by Gina Conroy
Meet & Greet
If you have time between the Easter preparations and traveling to visit family, make sure you visit some of our new and old members. This week I have a three part post on our traditional Christian Easter Seder (which we held last night and which gets better every year!) and lots of fun activities for…
Read MoreEaster Story Cookies
Here’s a GREAT way to share the Easter story. We attempted to do this last year on the night before Christmas and the story was awesome using the ingredients like broken pecans to represent Jesus’ scourging, vinegar to represent Jesus’ thirst on the cross, and eggs to represent life. Though the separately, the ingredients don’t…
Read MoreEaster Meat Pie
Growing up I always spent Easter with my dad’s mom, Grandma Julie and my favorite part was eating her Easter Meat Pie and hunting for plastic eggs filled with money. Grandma Julie died when I was twelve, but her memory lives on. Every year I make her Easter Meat Pie which I remember eating cold,…
Read MoreResurrection Eggs
Mary asked me specifically what were in the Resurrection Eggs. So I’ll do a little more explaining because they’re my favorite part of our Easter celebration. Usually we open a few eggs during the week, but since we’ll have relatives at our home for Easter for the FIRST TIME EVER, we decided to wait until…
Read MoreAn Easter Jelly Bean Poem and A Prayer
This are two a really fun ways to share the Easter story. Find each color Jelly bean and put it in an egg. Then on Easter morning, or during the week share the story! Red is for the blood He gave Green is for the grass He made. Yellow is or the sun so bright.…
Read MoreFearless Parenting
“Oh, sure, you enjoy your baby now, but just wait until the terrible twos!” “The preschool years are fun, but just wait until they start school! Then you’ll be in for it.” “Adolescents are so difficult. You will want to lock them in their rooms until they are adults.” “Hope you like your kids when…
Read MoreEaster Resources
If you haven’t read my Christian Seder series be sure to go back a few pages and catch this three part series. It just might be a fun new tradition for your family. In addition to an Christian Seder our family incorporates the following into ourEaster festivities: Resurrection Eggs: These plastic eggs with “little reminders”…
Read MoreMid-Week Motivation
Starting Your Day out Right The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. Proverbs 18:21 In our women’s Bible study at church, we’re watching a video series right now called Conversation Peace, by Mary Kassian. The focus is on the importance of learning how to…
Read MoreThinking Blogger Awards
I’ve won a “Thinking Blogger Award” and want to pass it on. Heather of Mom2Mom Connection graced me with an unexpected award. Here’s what she said about Portrait of a Writer Interrupted. I love Gina’s writing because we’re in the same season of life! She’s a busy mother of four who desperately loves her family,…
Read MoreDon’t Always Say What You Mean, But Always Mean What You Don’t Say
Really. I mean it. Go ahead and subtext, already! Subtexted dialogue can be one of the most powerful elements in a storyteller’s arsenal. This is the art of talking around the subject, rather than head on, in order to intensify the meaning of the part that isn’t said. Sometimes it’s actually having your characters say…
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