Posts by Gina Conroy
Christmas: Off to a Great Start
For years, decorating the Christmas tree has always stressed me out! I think it stems from memories as a child having to help my single-mom drag the real tree into the house, up the 13 stairs and hold the prickly thing while she screwed in the bolts into the tree or vice versa. Inevitable there’d…
Read MoreThe Red Ribbon
© Staci Stallings Everyone wants a blue ribbon. Blue. First place. The best. Even kindergarteners want that blue ribbon. In sports, I was never a blue-ribbon person. In a race I was always last. In baseball I was as likely to get hit on the head as to drop the ball. In basketball I was…
Read MoreCounting Down to Christmas
My six year old has been asking me for weeks, “How many days until Christmas?” He tells me it’s because when it’s Christmas, it snows (though it looks like there’s a good chance of snow tomorrow.) So I decided to make this Christmas countdown chain. We’ve done it every year, but usually not this soon!…
Read MoreDr. Phil, I’m Totally Confused!Updated
First Post November 20, 2006 I’ve just read some shocking information about the soon to air Dr. Phil episode on homeschooling. Don’t know if it’s true, but I plan on watching for myself to see if it is! You might want to TiVo it yourself. I wrote this earlier today and what happened tonight when…
Read MoreMy Birth Story
My mom’s been saying for years that she’ll write down or record everything she can remember about her life and my grandparents. Well, for my birthday this year I asked for my story to be written. Though basically a routine birth back in the late sixties, here it is word for word, though I did…
Read MoreReleasing Your New Purity Part III
Last time I left off with an analogy of being licked by a gentle lamb or roaring lion. Which lick would mean more? The Lion, of course seeing that it could kill you in one bite. “Our Lord will never be appreciated as a Lamb unless He’s first encountered as a lion? And it’s because…
Read MoreAfter the Call
I recently told you about The Really Long First Call. And then what happens after the first contract has been signed? In a word, Wait. But eventually, after we come back down to earth, we get back to work. Every writer is different, but here are a few things I’ve been working on while I…
Read MoreContest Wrap Ups
MomTeacherFriend was the closest to this contest and won her choice of Troubled Waters by Rene Gutteridge (Women’s Fiction) Dark Moon by ALton Gansky (Suspense) NeXt Generation Parenting by Tricia Goyer (A fun and real look at Generation X parents) Please email me your snail mail address and which book you want and I’ll send…
Read MoreCarnival Time!!!
Go check it out at Writer…Interrupted.
Read MoreHave You Ever…
I just came up with a fun new game. I’m going to list a bunch of things I have done(or have) in my life time. If you have done them also, BOLD them, post them on your site with a link back to the original post, or send it in an email, and the leave…
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