Hey, hey – the drawing is over and we’ve got some Sizzling Summer Giveaway winners here! 😛 I know, I know – I said there would be five 2917 Planner winners but y’all responded so fantastically to the contest (I have the BEST reader friends ever!) that I couldn’t help myself … I added another! ...
My Year at the Airport
I was so excited, my toes tingled. My husband Chuck and I were headed to a 15-day UK tour with my sister Cindy and her husband Jim to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary. We envisioned regal red-coated guards in fuzzy black helmets, delicious breakfast scones with clotted cream, bagpipes and kilts in the Scottish highlands. ...
Hidden Bonus
A recent Associated Press article grabbed my eye. It was titled, “Sit All Day? Find Time for an Hour’s Walk.” See, the thing is, I’m whatever the step is beyond ADD and am afflicted with a sitting attention span of about 20 minutes. Not really a good thing for a writer. After a while, my ...
Overcome
It was Thanksgiving. My extended family had gathered from far and wide around the food-laden table: grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, siblings, my dear husband and our own beloved children. The souls most precious to me in all the world. Noisy, messy, hungry, healthy, happy. The fact that we were all there together went straight ...
Collared by Choice
My pooch Fenway wears a – wait for it – Boston Red Sox collar. Bet you didn’t see that one coming, huh? He didn’t choose this particular collar, in fact, he much prefers a nekked neck, But because his human daddy is a diehard Sox fan, Fenway received, for his first Christmas in our fam, ...
God-Bumps
I get God-bumps every time my friend Rachael tells me about the miracle in her son Javin’s life. Thirteen years ago, Javin was born deaf. Rachael, a single mom, first noticed that something was wrong with her baby when he was an infant. Very wrong. Medical and hearing tests by various specialists at two months ...
Multitasking Master
The other day in my backyard I was wiping sweat out of my eyes, a filthy hand spade in one hand and muddy phone in the other, as I simultaneously weeded my garden and participated in a live computer program tutorial. Everything was just peachy until a dadgum bee decided my face resembled a chrysanthemum ...
Sizzling Summer Give-Away
It’s summer and look what’s Hot Hot HOT off the press! My brand new Too Blessed to be Stressed 2017 Planners have just exploded onto the scene and they’re cuter than ever! Want a Free one? Read on … These purse-perfect planners feature month-at-a-glance calendar pages + nice large individual day spaces + more of the inspirational ...
Perfect Fit
My friend Marianne was sweating out her options.
Her husband had died unexpectedly less than a year before, and finances were so tight, she wasn’t sure she’d be able to keep her home.
Marianne had always trusted God to take care of her, and He always had. But this time, things looked pretty grim.
Hard to Swallow
Last week while staying with friends at their beautiful Alabama lake house, I felt my way in the 5 a.m. darkness onto their dock to try to snag a picture of the sunrise.
I’d already missed it that week. Twice. I wasn’t about to miss it again.
So I got out there early, granola bar in hand, camera ready, and waited. Patiently at first. Then … not so much.
Surprise, Deb. The summer sunrise isn’t until 5:48. Aargh.