*Be sure to enter the give away at the bottom of this post! I took a deep breath to calm my nerves and ran a hand down the front of my blouse, checking for wrinkles. “Be professional, and don’t act like a schoolgirl,” I chanted to myself as I walked to the front of the […]
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Interview with the Local Paper
****** If you’ve found my site through the Lowell Ledger, welcome, and thanks for stopping by! I hope you’ll stick around and enjoy a few stories. Here are some recent favorites: In Your Gift is Worthy, I encourage you that whatever your talent or skill is, it’s worth getting out there and using it, even […]
Speak Up Conference 2012
Have you ever had one of those weeks where you look at your calendar and think, “Ooops!!’ Yeah, that’s me this week. And why is it on those busiest of weeks I decide it’s finally time to clean out the fridge? I mean, entirely empty the fridge and find whatever it is that crawled into […]
Friday’s Finds
I’m super excited to be over at She Sparkles today with my friend Cindy Bultema. We’re talking about body image. Please come join the conversation! From some friends: Cheated, by Erica Stidham – great thoughts on how comparing ourselves to others hurts us What if this Defined a Woman Instead, by Culture Rebel – great […]
Faith & Other Flat Tires (interview & give away!)
Congratulations to Mary C. and Jessie H. and Joy M. (Facebook winner) for winning copies of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Here Comes the Bride. I will send out your copies in the mail this week! “I grew up in a healthy Christian home and a healthy Christian community. And yet, beginning in adolescence, I […]
Here Comes the Bride (book give away!)
Nearly fifteen years ago on my wedding day, my dad and I stood behind the doors to my childhood church’s sanctuary. Just before the pastor’s wife opened the doors for our grand entrance, Dad raced into the nursery for a tissue. He wiped his eyes, and chuckled as he asked, “Does my hair look ok?” […]