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?” […]
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He Loves Me (and a give away)
Do you have friends that you feel as though you’ve known your whole life, even though you may have met just recently? That’s how I felt when I met Cindy Bultema last summer at the Speak UpConference. She facilitated one of my critique sessions, and I asked her where she went to church. It turned […]
The valley
Somehow, I had forgotten that the valley always follows the mountain. Seasoned writers and friends warned me. I thought I was prepared. Yet, I find myself skidding down a rocky slope after turning in the book manuscript. After a few days of telling Kedron, “I just don’t know what’s wrong with me! I guess I’m […]
Shared Blessings
*You still have time to enter the give away for a copy of “Do These Jeans Make Me Look Fat? Breaking the Cultural Mirror.” Enter on this post! It’s the week for give aways! I’m over at Circle of Friends today talking about some books I recently picked up that I love, and Circle of […]
Do These Jeans Make Me Look Fat? (and a give away!)
About a month ago, I walked into a Target store and nearly tripped over my feet as rack after rack of brightly colored, minuscule swimsuits greeted me. I shivered, even though it was an 80-degree day in March. Swimsuit season never fails to catch me off guard. Even though I’m ready for the sun to […]
Submission
Yesterday I did one of the most emotionally draining things ever. I clicked “send” on an e-mail that had an entire book manuscript attached to it. I purposefully did said deed at my favorite coffee shop for a couple of reasons: 1. The theme of the book is coffee. 2. I wrote a large portion […]