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 ...
My Hero is a Snail
A monstrous handful of snail I was hiking a mountain trail last week when something stopped me in my tracks. It was a sight I truly didn’t expect to see. There, at more than 4,000 feet above sea level, a snail was painstakingly making its way across the gravel road (thankfully it was only a ...
Worthless Versus Priceless
I mop the sweat from my forehead with the already soggy sweatband on my wrist. Summer tennis has it’s downs. But it has its ups too – like fresh air, sunshine, much needed exercise, and that dear little buttercup over there by the net post one court over. Yep, growing in the middle of a ...
Walking in the Rain
Walking in the rain. Running in the rain. Crying in the rain. Sounds romantic, right? Ha. I’m sitting here dripping all over my computer chair in the aftermath of doing those very things and I can tell you it wasn’t fun at all. Yeah, I saw the clouds when I started out on my morning ...
Radical Makeover
My new book covers! So what do you think? Woo Hoo! Soooo exciting! These are the new covers for my two historical novels, The Distant Shore and Billowing Sails. My publisher felt it was time for an update and I think they give Emma-Lee, the main character of both books, a fresh new look. I ...
Becoming a Godly Goader
The first goaders The memory makes me smile now, but at the time I wanted to screech like a riled bobcat. When I was nine, my sister was two years older and light years girlier. She wore wrap-around skirts, red hair bows and shiny pink nail polish. I lived and breathed barefoot, wore ratty cut ...
No Short Cuts
A happy little cantaloupe before its journey I think it’s human nature to try to find a faster, easier way to do things, don’t you? Progress. Efficiency. Increased production. But some things simply defy short cuts. Take cantaloupes for example. I love a ripe, juicy melon as much as the next Floridian, maybe even more. ...
One of Those Weenie Days
Ever have one of those days when everything possible went wrong? Sure you have. We all have. It’s how we respond that separates the weenies from the warriors. Take my friend Lana for example. Her story will make your eyebrows stand at attention. Lana’s daybreak flight from Denver to Philly was late. By the time ...
Don’t Miss the Music
Where I go to hear the music My frantic life has screeched to a halt this past week. It began with a hurried, worried, late night drive to the ER with Spouse in severe abdominal pain and ended … Well, it hasn’t ended yet. But it hasn’t been all bad. During countless tests, then surgery, ...