And with a final push despite that hideous stomach flu (which reappeared once since my last post), we ended the year at AWANA with a bang … and some cupcakes.I have truly enjoyed every single Sunday night I had the privilege of spending with the red team. Admittedly, there were fewer than usual. The year […]
Must See Book Signing Video!
Signing in the Waldenbooks by Parnel Hall
The Bigger the Family … the BIGGER the Flu!
Should I change the name of my blog to Journey Through Sickness??? Seems to be all I write about lately! Last Thursday afternoon I added a seven-month old to our household for a short term foster placement. There were huge reasons why I didn’t say No, and you know what they are if you know […]
Peter & Peeps — Rescued Baby Hummingbird Fed in Hand by Mother
Sure it’s great to watch nature up close, but most of all it reminds me of how I feed my kids! 😀
Can Writers REALLY Make a Living?
Writers, would you like to make money doing the thing you love most? If so, then this announcement should be of interest to you! Janice Hanna Thompson, author of over fifty novels and non-fiction books, would like to announce the debut of her writing course for freelancers titled “Becoming a Successful Freelance Writer,” available at […]
Crossing Oceans
I haven’t read it yet, but I’ve heard great things about Gina Holmes’ debut, Crossing Oceans. Synopsis: Nothing deepens a stream like a good rain . . . or makes it harder to cross.Jenny Lucas swore she’d never go home again. But life has a way of upending even the best-laid plans. Now, years after […]
SWAGGER WAGON
Where’s MY bald (mac) daddy??
Atypical Pneumonia
Why can’t I do anything normal?!? Ended up in the ER tonight because of tightness and pain in my chest. If I allowed myself to think of it, I became claustrophobic. Felt like someone was standing right below my neck. At first the doctor thought I might have had the misfortune to catch one virus […]
Christy Award Nomination?!?
This morning, Mom ran up the stairs demanding, in a VERY excited voice, me to tell her what I had been hiding from her. “What? What are you talking about?” “You don’t know? You’ve been nominated for the Christy Award!!” As frugal as we writers are to be with our exclamation points, that’s an exclamation […]
My Divorce-erary
One year ago, we celebrated Earth Day. One year ago, a judge signed a legal document severing my marital relationship. What a lot has changed! Since then, Sunchips unrolled a new bag that is made of vegetable fibers and decomposes when trashed. My life got trashed, composted, and grew new fiber. Divorce is never a […]