My stove jammed yesterday. I took it as a sign from God. Actually, it was the metal drawer beneath the oven, the one in which I store my pots and pans. A pot in the front somehow flipped itself over in the middle of the night (how do they DO that – impish kitchen elves?), ...
Join Me in Feelin’ the Love
Sandi came to my Too Loved to be Lost signing at LifeWay I hope you’ll be able to join me this Thursday, Nov. 6 at 8 pm Eastern (adjust the time for your time zone) for my Too Loved to be Lost online book launch. If you’ve never been to a Facebook party before, trust ...
When life hands you cucumbers … play pickleball!
Pickleball, anyone? I arrived at the public tennis courts ten minutes to nine. I was early. My daughter and son-in-law dropped me off and left to play golf for the morning. I waved good-bye, chomping at the bit to play my sport after a whole week’s hiatus. After stretching and going through my regular warm-up ...
Mellow Yellow
Fall on my mountain Autumn. The word itself is enough to make you wax poetic. Especially on my mountain. Well, it’s not really my mountain, but I’ve thought of it that way since my in-laws built the tiny cabin nestled deep in the Smoky Mt. woods at about 4200 ft elevation. When my kids were ...
Who Doesn’t Love a 75% Off Sale?
On SUPER SALE for a limited time (sale ends 10/13/14): The Kindle edition of my brand new release is only $2.99! Deb’s newest release I hope you’ll hop on this one like a tick on a hound dog. Here’s the link: http://www.amazon.com/Too-Loved-Lost-Unconditional-Without-Limits-ebook/dp/B00MYME094/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1412019434&sr=1-1&keywords=too+loved+to+be+lost Now don’t tarry or you’ll miss out! And as an added bonus, my publisher ...
The Face of Kindness
Father Chris Fitzgerald, friend to all I am not Catholic, in fact I’m a dyed-in-the-wool protestant. But for the past two decades, I’ve had my own priest. Actually he wasn’t exclusively mine, but I admired, loved, and respected him as if he were. But then everyone felt that way about Father Fitzgerald. He was that ...
Happy National Punctuation Day!
Bet you didn’t know you had a reason to celebrate today, right? And of all things, punctuation. Well, dang it, why not? After all, where would we be without. punctuation; to Keep us, straight!? Okay, so grab a celebratory cup of hot tea and chunk of chocolate. Then take this little test to see if ...
Put Down the Donkey
Feel like you’re carrying around a few burdens? I walked into the elevator as two southern belles exited, deep in drawled conversation. The elevator doors had no sooner closed behind them when the gal in the corner with the distinctive New Jersey twang rolled her eyes at her slick chick chum. “Who says dhat? ‘Can ...
Jonah’s in the Bag
Not the best hiding place In my role as the preschool Bible Story Lady at our church, I was telling the story of Jonah and the Big Fish a few Sundays ago to the three and four-year-olds. The hard part wasn’t bringing the bit about Jonah deliberately running away from God down to the level ...
More Adorable Baby Blessing Winners!
Abby’s Baby Blessings Kathy’s Baby Blessing Elisa’s Baby Blessing Woohoo! Here are the last five winners of the Too Blessed to be Stressed Baby Blessings drawing. If you didn’t win, no worries! Another contest with awesome prizes (like a Kindle, free books, and Deb’s fave chocolate) is right around the corner to celebrate Too Loved ...