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It’s Real Life
When you think of “the life of a writer,” what do you think of? I imagine an older lady who lives near the ocean, alone with her cat. She walks the beach and collects shells, then later she works with words the same way: Searching for them, studying them, gathering them, and displaying them. My…
Mid-Week Love Motivation
Starting Your Day Out Right! Devotional Thought I Corinthians 13:1-3 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a…
From a Spontaneous Mom
Why is it that: *The clothes I tried so hard to get back into (after having a baby) are now out of style? *I can NEVER get caught up on laundry, dishes or sleep? *My brain turned to mush just as soon as my second son was conceived? *I can never find the remote control,…
The Really Long First Call
What happens after you receive The Call? Does your life change drastically? Do you become an instant celebrity? Do novels begin to pour forth from your fingertips each time they touch the keyboard? The day I received the first call, I was at work. I took the call in the Executive conference room while my…
Gotta Love Grace
Just a glimpse of what I’ve heard from my princess this last week: “Please or please. I’ll give you twenty dollars when I grow up!” I touched Jedi’s little ballies. Eeww! Do I have to wash my hands? Eeww, Bleck! Do I have to wash my hands three times?” After riding a real camel at…
My Birth Date
Since this question has come up several times already, I thought I should post on it.I’ve been reluctant to post my “real” date (thus the month long celebration)because our family is slightly paranoid concerned about identity theft and we’re trying to keep as much sensitive information private. My husband actually had his identity stolen once,…
Come Out, Come Out Where Ever You are!
It’s delurking day in honor of my birthday month. So don’t be shy! I want to meet you! If you want, you can simply introduce yourself! Or you can ask me a question, and I’ll answer them in my posts this month. So what are you waiting for? Hit the comment button and join the…
Mid-Week Motivational Menu
Welcome to the first mid-week motivational menu. There should be a little something for everyone, so dig in. Starting Your Day Out Right! Devotional Thought I don’t usually like the whole, “God is a God of order” rhetoric. I am not a person of order, in general, so this is disconcerting to me–a little easier…
Carnival of Christian Writers
Thanks to Heather who created the perfect button for our carnival! If you’re participating in the carnival please copy this button and put it on your submission with a link back to the post on Monday!
Operation Christmas Child: Shoebox Fun
Tears gathered in my oldest daughter’s eyes as she implored me, saying, “Mommy, please, just don’t give me as much this Christmas, these kids need things more than I do.” She needn’t have begged, I was all for the idea. Operation Christmas Child. With the National Collection Week in mid-November, there’s no time like now…