A fresh new year is now firmly upon us. I waited a few weeks into January to broach this lets-start-out-right nugget so that if you’re like me and feel like your feet are stuck in suction muck, you’ll have had a little extra time to get your act together. For many, the first of a ...
The Dog Ate My Homework
Excuses. We used them in school. We use them now. Some are legit. Some … well, not so much: I’ve been sick in bed – when I wasn’t in the bathroom – for the whole last week. I’ve been meaning to do it, really I have, but a baseball hit me in the head and ...
Nasty Nellie
How do you deal with someone you can’t stand and can’t avoid? (Stay tuned … there’s a really good answer coming!) Depending upon your age, you, like me, may recall the angst Laura Ingles of Little House on the Prairie experienced dealing with Nellie, the incorrigibly nasty girl with the sugary blond curls who made ...
Counting Those Blessings
I’m thrilled to announce the winner of my Count Your Many Blessings Giveaway, but you’re going to have to wait a moment or two. First it’s my honor to share some of the many blessings sent in by you – my blessing-counting BFFs (Blessed Friends Forever)! Let’s praise Papa God with our BFF community sisters ...
Congrats, Winners!
It’s my absolute pleasure to announce the FIVE winners of signed copies of my beautiful re-release of the original Too Blessed to be Stressed (first published in 2011), the book that was the “Mama” of the other 30 “Baby Blessings” in the bestselling Too Blessed series! I know, I know – I promised 3 winners ...
Celebrating Blessings!
I’m totally jazzed about my brand new re-release of the original Too Blessed to be Stressed chapter book; the bestselling “Mama Book” – released in 2011 – that begat (a fine biblical word there for gave birth to) all the other “Baby Blessings” that now make up the Too Blessed to be Stressed series, around 30 titles ...
Vitamin G
Guilt. AACCK! Do you grapple with it as much as I do? Oh, not necessarily gut-stabbing guilt over some deep, dark secret sin, or even lingering guilt pangs over past mistakes. Although I’ve had some experience with both. And I suspect you have too. The guilt that irritates me like a scratchy, stiff tag in ...
Loving Our Littles
I’m writing this post at 5:15 a.m. YAWN. Why, you may wonder, am I up and at ’em so early? Spouse and I are at a remote cabin in the Smokies this week, spending time with our grands. Not just the ones who live next door in central Florida … all of them. Five little people ...
Fall Giveaway Winners
So happy to announce the winners of my fall newsletter giveaway! But first of all, hugs to everyone who entered to win my newest devo all about that priceless Godsend we all need so much these days, hope: Nevertheless, She Hoped. I was especially touched by the prayer requests many of you sent, accompanying the ...
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
So what happens when you put three fun-loving BFFs (Blessed Friends Forever) together for a week in a mountain cabin? They zip! They zing! They fly through the trees like Tarzan! (sort of) As I promised, here are the last of the pics from my girls-time-out earlier this month. Who’s in for next time? (Okay, ...