Our charred porch “Fire!” I startled awake from a dead sleep last Sunday afternoon, the word we all dread to hear vibrating through my every molecule. “Fire!” I heard it again, this time recognizing Chuck’s strained voice only a decibel below scream level. Sitting up and staring dumbly at my surroundings, I groggily realized I ...
Stress-Free Cooking
I’m sooo excited to share this first short video introducing stress-free cooking recipes from my Too Blessed to be Stressed Cookbook, releasing online and in bookstores Nov 1. Three additional videos are in production and will be released within the next two months. Rachael Ray I’m not, but I do enjoy creating quicker, easier ways ...
Near Misses
KaBLAM. Whoa. That was close. My nose hairs are standing at attention, my skin is crawling and my teeth are tingling like I just bit into a wad of tin foil. Ever felt like this? Living in the lightning capital of the world (Tampa area), I experience this nasty sensation more often than I’d like. ...
Double Blessing Contest Winners!
Many thanks to everyone who entered the Double Double Blessings Blessings Contest! I was very moved by the double blessings from Papa God that you so graciously shared with me and may possibly include some of them in the Too Blessed to be Stressed Daily Devotional I’m now writing (set to release in 2017). If ...
Winner Dinner!
We’re all too blessed to be stressed! So last night was our Winner Dinner and we had an absolute blast! Congrats to grand prize winner Donna and her husband Ish (on far left in photo holding 3-week-old Baby Boy; I’m in the middle, and my daughter and son-in-law are on the right holding 5-week-old Baby ...
Funny on the Inside
A long lost childhood friend e-mailed me this week. A gal who lived next door for a handful of my pre-teen years. We bummed around together a lot on hot summer days, playing board games, running barefoot, and dipping our toes in the pond behind her house. My best memories of Ginny involve scarfing a ...
New Double Blessing Contest!
Win one of six 2016 Planners! Okay, BBFF’s (Best Blog Friends Forever), I’ve heard from many of you asking for my new planner, so it is! In honor of our recent double family baby blessing, I’m giving away SIX copies of my newest literary Baby Blessing – the brand new Too Blessed to be Stressed ...
Precious in His Sight
Our sweet little Bree-Bree Hallelujah – she’s here!!! If you’ve been keeping up with my FB and newsletter posts (and I hope you have!) you know exactly who I’m talking about. She’s been referred to alternately as: Baby #1 Girl Baby The firstborn twin from different mothers She’s the tiny but enormous blessing that many ...
Make Your Bed
Make your bed. These are the surprising words that Women of Faith veteran Patsy Clairmont credits with saving her life in her book, Stained Glass Hearts.Here’s her incredible story as I recounted in the chapter of my book, Fear, Faith, and a Fistful of Chocolate, about dealing with anxiety: “Patsy, even as a believer, was ...
A Cheek Tweek from Papa God
Me (left) in gangsta hat Ha! I had to laugh out loud. Not a tee-hee, no. One of those tilt-your-head-back-open-your-mouth-wide-and-let-it-rip kind of laughs. Matter of fact, I’m chuckling now just thinking about it. I was walking down a long corridor last week in the Orange County Convention Center (Orlando) toward the massive entrance doors to ...