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 ...
Winning Photos
If these Baby Blessings don’t light your fire, hey, your wood’s wet! Missie’s Baby Blessings Gloria’s Baby Blessing Jen’s Baby Blessing Heather’s Baby Blessings Congrats once again to the winners of my Baby Blessings contest! Here are the first five drawing winners – I hope they bless your heart as much as they have mine! ...
Baby Blessings Contest Winners!
One of your 6 choices A big THANK YOU to all who entered the Baby Blessings contest – I loved ooohing and aaahing over your baby blessings. Most were sweet little humans but we had our share of adorable 4-legged furry blessings and even a few terrific wheeled blessings.Congrats to the ten winners in the drawing ...
Skip This Spinning Class
Wish I knew what causes my ding dang vertigo. Drives me batty. Heard of it? The Tilt-a-Whirl from Hades. The hangover that isn’t. The devil’s last laugh. Yep, vertigo is wicked all right. The world spins topsy-turvy out of control with every movement of the head. Or even eyes. It’s like you just rolled off a ...
One Word Says It All
One of my fave places to praise Jesus A short time ago I visited a multi-ethnic Christian women’s event where several languages (besides English) were spoken. Because multiple interpreters were often speaking at once, it was occasionally chaotic, sometimes cacophonous, always interesting, and never more fun. Forbearance was abundant. Everyone there wore their patience and ...
Fabulous New Contest!
Summer 2014: Baby Blessings Shower The Babies Are Arriving! As you may have heard, my book Too Blessed to be Stressed has been busy birthing offspring; I call them my Baby Blessings. So far, the bouncing bundles of joy include:Too Blessed to be Stressed 2014 PlannerToo Blessed to be Stressed Perpetual Calendar Muy Bendecida Para Estar Estresada (Spanish translation) The ...