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Spring Reading Thing Update 2008
I guess a good place to start is to list all the books I’m currently reading! Maybe if I finish them before summer, I’ll add some more to the list! Fiction: The Restorer by Sharon Hinck I really enjoyed this book, the story or an ordinary soccer mom, given the awesome and frightening task of…
Saturday Summer Savings
Don’t let your cash get away from you this summer. Join me Saturdays here at Portrait of a Writer…Interrupted and get a grip on your cash flow and start sharing your savings ideas. I don’t know about you, but I’m appalled at how quickly gas is rising, so I’m on a mission to think of…
Never Say Diet
Never Say Diet by Chantel Hobbs What they Say: Chantel Hobbs, a mother of four, recounts her struggles with obesity, body image and health in Never Say Diet. Realizing that choosing to live well was one of the best gifts she could give her family, Chantel is so excited to encourage YOU this Mother’s Day…
I’m Ernest Hemingway?
At least that’s what the quiz on facebook said. I didn’t really like the questions, for example, it asked me what genre I like to read and then gave me a list of about a dozen. NONE were in suspense, mystery so I opted for Tragedy! I think that’s what pushed me toward Hemingway! Isn’t…
What Would I Do Without Clorox Wipes?
Not get much house cleaning done! That’s for sure! I have a confession to make. I hate to clean house, do laundry, do dishes, etc. For a while I was blessed with having someone come to my house every other week and mop the floor, clean the bathrooms and dust. But that came to an…
Gracie as President?
The other day I asked the kids to clean up the dress up box. They played dress up instead. Gracie (5.9 yrs) put on a double breasted black child size overcoat and proclaimed she was president. When asked what she’d do as president she said, “I’d kill people and take their money!” My reaction: Oh…
House of Dark Shadows by Robert Liparulo
I’m so excited to be apart of the Teen FIRST Tour. That means great books for my kids to read this summer. A review of this book will come later because right now my son is hooked on the Ted Dekker Lost Book Series. He’s read CHOSEN and begged me to buy the rest of…
Writing for a Future Generation
I have a confession to make. I’ve already made it to God, but now I feel led to share it with you. It’s about writing. The confession is I have become so consumed with writing to please others and get published, I have forgotten why I enjoyed writing in the first place. I began writing because…
My Olsen Twin
When Grace was little, strangers used to come up to me in the store and remark at how much she looked like an Olsen Twin. What do you think?
Christ-Sufficient Identity
“All we’ll ever need to live life as God designed it-everything for time and eternity-is supplied through our unbreakable union with Christ.” -Dwight Edwards, Experiencing God How many times have I tried to do something on and in my own strength? Many! And do I fail? Often! Instead I should have been running to Jesus.…