Parenting
Simple Obedience
On the way home from church or during morning Bible reading time, my family and I often talk about something that jumps out at us in a passage. One time we were discussing 2 Samuel 24 where a plague had come over the Land of Israel and was stopped by the angel of the Lord…
Excuse Me if I Wax
I’ve been waxing philosophical lately. I’m thinking deep thoughts of intellectual and spiritual enlightenment, reflecting on eternal truths and life lessons. It’s the kind of thing that happens when you reach a major milestone in life. You see that mile marker coming toward you and suddenly you want to turn around and look back at…
Letting My Baby Go
I remember when we sent our oldest daughter, Laura, off to her first day at public school. Memories of her first seven years at home floated through my mind. The “play times” we’d shared. The times when I was home alone with her, playing baby dolls, and she would stop, look at me with her…
Congratulations Cara!
One of our own has a new interruption in her writing life…and she couldn’t be happier! Please welcome baby Rebecca to the Putman clan! We’re all so thrilled for you, Cara! Cara is also featured on my blog. So go on over, check our her interview, and offer congratulations!
Taking Time Off
As vital as BOC (behind on chair) time is for reaching our writing goals, so is time off. Maybe that’s politically incorrect to say in this day and age when most of us put in far more than forty-hour work weeks, but if we don’t take time away to recharge and live life, we’ll burn…
The Goodest Mom
I was feeling pretty low yesterday. With some impulsive words I’d volunteered my already-stretched husband for a project he had no time for and it strained the air between us. Well, actually, we weren’t speaking to each other. Or looking at each other. And it’s funny how one failure seems to lead to another. I…
A Family Adventure
Meet the most amazing PR people on the planet~ my three daughters! At my first book launch, my girls and wonderful husband handed out bookmarks, pointed folks to the chocolate fountain, helped choose names for door prizes and cheered me on as I met readers and signed copies of Ransomed Dreams. Why? Because this book…
Oh, The Games We Play
Sometimes it’s hard to get motivated. I tend to get bogged down and overloaded with all the stuff I have to do, and then become paralyzed and unable to do any of it! I often have to play games with myself just to get moving in the right direction. I love the “Just for Today”…
Raising Ragpickers
The savior in Og Mandino’s “The Greatest Miracle in the World” is a mysterious old man with an affinity for what he calls human rags. In the story Og is the rag-an ambitious, successful magazine publisher who is burning out faster than a single-shot firecracker. The irony is that his magazine is about Success, but…
Kids, homeschool and writing, Oh my!
There are days I question my sanity. And days when my husband does the very same. 😉 When I married, I had no plans to homeschool three children, be a published author, be president of a writers’ group, teach high school seniors, speak, do interviews, blog, participate in a homeschool group, a home group, and…