For a time, my 7-year-old grandprincess wanted to be a professional fisherwoman when she grew up. When I was her age, I dreamed of being a ballerina or a grocery store cashier (both equally glamorous jobs in my estimation), but with two brothers and a dad who loved nothing better than gripping a rod in ...
Conduit for Blessings
I’ve been rereading one of my all-time favorite books, God’s Smuggler, about the true experiences of a Dutchman called Brother Andrew in smuggling (then illegal) Bibles behind the Iron Curtain in the 1950s and 1960s. The remnant of faithful Christians in repressive Communist and Socialist countries was being systematically snuffed out when God placed it on Brother ...
Inspirational Word for 2024
Happy New Year dearest BFFs (Blessed Friends Forever)! Like many of you, I like to spend a few moments at the beginning of each new year reviewing the old year, thanking Papa God for His blessings (better to dwell on those, right?), and seeking a specific word to tape to my computer desk as motivation ...
Rolling Up His Sleeves Again
Ready for another everyday miracle? As you know, I call them grace notes. I never know if you, my BBFFs (Blessed Blog Friends Forever) really want to hear these or if I’m boring you to tears by constantly sharing them. Give me a little feedback on that, will ya? So last week, I ran outside ...
Stop and Smell the Blossoms
As a heaven-sent follow-up to my last week’s post on how spring has sprung here in central Florida, I witnessed a super cool scene yesterday that’ll resonate in my memory as a unique-moment snapshot for years to come. It happened as I was driving along a main thoroughfare – in a hurry as usual – ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sooo Good
I’ve been trying to focus on gratitude lately, searching for new blessings to be thankful for each day. Well, maybe not new blessings, because many of them have been here all along, but I haven’t been tuned in enough to intentionally re-receive them with the gratitude they deserve. While perusing some old files (yes, the old ...
Thanksgiving Winners
Big, squishy hugs to all of you BBFFs (Blessed Blog Friend Forever) who took the time to send in three blessings for which you’re especially thankful this Thanksgiving. Sharing your blessings with our wonderful community of girlfriends blesses us all. (Stay tuned for the grand prize drawing winner of the Giving Thanks Giveaway at the ...
Everyday Thanksgiving
One day I realized my faith had caught the sniffles. A little snot here, a slight hacking cough there … nothing huge, but something that required attention. You never know when neglected spiritual viruses might escalate into consumption of the soul. Checking my spiritual temperature, I found that a crucial element of my faith was ...
