The path leading to my Be Still & Know spot in the mountains Eureka! I found it! A little soggy maybe, and I sometimes leave there polka-dotted with more than a few mosquito pox, but it’s a special secret spot that I know Papa God picked out specially for me. Why do I need such ...
Perfecting My Stinky Face
Stinky Face Contest Winner Yesterday’s conversation as my 3-year-old grandbuddy Blaine watched me putting on my make-up to go to work: Blaine: What’s that stuff do, Mimi?Me: It’s blush; it makes me look less dead, er, I mean it gives me more color.Blaine: Oh. Why do you want to be pink?Me: I don’t want to ...
An Exquisite Mystery
Prayer: the least and the most we can do I’ve just finished doing something that made me feel bad. Really, really bad. I immersed myself in a vat of scalding pain. Someone else’s pain. The shell-shocked parents who lost their beautiful 24-year-old daughter to suicide with no warning. No symptoms. No good-byes. The mom who ...
And The Winners Are …
Valentine’s Day hugs and kisses to the winners of sweet love, love love! Or at least a book about it! The following 3 lovely (get it – love-ly???) ladies have each won a copy of my newest book Too Loved to be Lost in honor of this day when we celebrate the greatest thing besides Godiva: LOVE!! ...
A New Dent in my Fender
Now this cake I can make! One of the chapters in my newest book, Too Loved to be Lost, is about colliding with difficult people. It’s called, appropriately, “Dents in My Fender.” So of course a collision occurred this week. Papa God loves to bring home these lessons I think I’ve learned. Poetic justice. A ...
New Book Giveaway!
This is what I’m wearing to work on Valentine’s Day During this Valentine season, discover the kind of love that is never too lost or too late.From Feb 1-14, register for the drawing to be held on Valentine’s Day for 3 copies of my book about unconditional love, Too Loved to be Lost. I’m hosting a ...
Splish Splash
Don’t even think about tweaking my cheeks It happened five days ago. It was shocking, mind-boggling, and completely unexpected. It shook my little world. I woke up in the morning as always and rolled out of bed. Yawning, I noticed my face felt oddly stiff … like I was wearing a mask. I reached up ...
Everyday Hope
One of my favorite perks of being an author is hearing from new friends and getting to know them on a personal level. I received a note from a reader this week via my website sharing some of her current problems and asking for guidance in finding everyday hope through her faith. I prayed for ...
Everyday Hope
A lovely wedding we witnessed in Italy One of my favorite perks of being an author is hearing from new friends and getting to know them on a personal level. I received a note from a reader this week via my website sharing some of her current problems and asking for guidance in finding everyday ...
Genuinity in 2015
Deb celebrating sunbeams at Blarney Castle, UK I couldn’t believe it. My hero was not at all what I’d imagined. I’d run across her obscure but charming little novel in the 80s and fallen completely, surprisingly, obsessively smitten with her wise, witty, resonating characters and the subtle but searing Christian message that gripped my soul. ...