Today’s guest post is from my friend Cindy Johnston. Cindy is mom to two amazing boys and has been married 16 years to her husband, Bob. When she isn’t working at Ada Bible Church in communications, she is a blogger at lifesjoyfulchaos.com, contributing writer for Circle of Friends Ministries, published author at the Burnside Writer’s Collective, […]
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One Time I Lost a Cross Country Race – Jessie
This week I’m starting a series called “Doing Life Together.” I’ll be featuring stories of friendship and community. Today I’m excited to welcome my friend Jessie, a fellow writer, seamstress and mom. Her story is the perfect kickoff to the series! Today’s story is a guest post by my friend Jessie at Confessions of a […]
Help wanted: Coffee Break Brigade
Today is November 1. And do you know what that means? In exactly two months Isn’t it Time for a Coffee Break? Doing life together in an all-about-me kind of world releases! I’m just a little bit excited. Ok, really excited! It was also a year ago that I went for a long run, came […]
A Cupcake Caper
Thank you all so much for your wonderful suggestions for celebrating the milestone of turning in the final book edits. I loved hearing how you celebrate special events in your lives. I am tucking away all of your ideas for future use! I had a hard time choosing a winner, so I picked two! I […]
What I’m most looking forward to at Breathe
The Breathe Writers Conference is just two days away. I know that it’s probably unprofessional to get giddy about a writers conference, but I can’t help it. It’s hard to believe that a year ago Susie and I stumbled across this conference on Google. Best Google search result ever. I walked in not knowing anyone […]
Don’t climb alone
I’m not that great at asking for help. I’d much rather be the one lending a hand, dropping off a meal, watching kids, and spurring you on to be all that you can be. To allow someone to see that your toilet seats are covered in pee, and smelly laundry is piled up higher than […]





