Welcome to the 3rd Annual Pearl Girls™ 12 Pearls of Christmas blogging series! We’ve gathered several of today’s most beloved authors to share their Christmas “Pearls of Wisdom”! Please follow along beginning tomorrow (Wednesday the 14th) through Christmas day as Tricia Goyer, Suzanne Woods Fisher, Rachel Hauck, Sandy Ralya, Sibella Giorello, Susan May Warren and more, ...
Thanksgiving, the Sequel
Coty family circa 1974 Thanksgiving has just passed on my calendar, but not yet in my heart. And I’m glad. This year, more than other years, I was acutely aware of the passing of time. I came across this old photo of my husband’s family that was taken around the time I entered the picture ...
Leaving and Cleaving.
Wedding bells chimed in the Coty household this weekend. My only son, Matthew, hitched his star to that of the lovely Rebecca, the new Mrs. Coty (I’ll have to get used to this – I’ve been the only Mrs. Coty since my mother-in-law passed away years ago). It was both easier and harder than I ...
Seeking Adventure
Deb entering the London tube My husband Chuck and I had a jolly good time on our UK excursion earlier this month. It was an overdue anniversary trip (we intended to go for our 25th anniversary and it’s now our 33rd!) and a time of seeking adventure and fun as a couple after a long ...
We Have a Winner!
SOMEBODY TRIP THAT RABBIT! Congrats to Randy Chitty for his winning caption for the week 4 photo caption contest (see right). Randy’s name will be entered into a drawing with the other weekly winners to win a free autographed copy of Too Blessed to be Stressed and a week’s supply of his favorite Starbucks chill-out ...
Get out of your shell and put words in my mouth!
Photo by Marian Crawford, www.mariancrawfordgallery.com Congrats to Nicole Henke, winner of week 3’s photo caption contest. See Nicole’s winning entry attached to last week’s picture (below). This stressed out shell guy is the week 4 photo – it’s a doozy! I can’t wait to see the decom-stress captions you send in (send to deboracoty@gmail.com). All ...
Are you a bird or a fish?
Photo by Marian Crawford, www.mariancrawfordgallery.com Congrats to Sonja Gissy, winner of the Week 2 photo caption contest; see her winning caption beneath the photo below right. At left is the new photo for week 3, an amazingly beautiful scene by nature photographer Marian Crawford. Takes my stress level down a notch just by gazing at ...
Let’s Decom-press Photo Caption Contest – week 2
Photo by Marian Crawford www.MarianCrawfordgallery.com Congrats to Sandi Dorey, winner of Week #1 photo caption contest. Sandi’s winning caption has been added to last week’s photo at the bottom left of this page. Here’s this week’s photo at the right – have fun! Just send your entry loosely based on the theme Too Blessed to ...
Celebrating the Release of My Latest book “Too Stressed to be Blessed”
To celebrate the release of her latest laugh-out-loud book, Too Blessed to Be Stressed, Debora Coty is hosting the Too Blessed to Be Stressed KINDLE Giveaway! Too Blessed to be Stressed is a fun-filled read overflowing with insights and practical tips. Perfectly delicious for living happily ever after! -Rhonda Rhea, best-selling author of Whatsoever Things Are ...
Let’s Decom-stress photo caption contest begins today!
Photo by nature photographer Marian Crawford,www.MarianCrawfordgallery.com Here it is! The first photo for ourLet’s Decom-stress photo caption contest! I’ll be posting a different awesome photo from nature photographer Marian Crawford each Monday throughout August and Sept. All you have to do is send in your one-line caption, loosely based on the theme, “Too Blessed to ...











