As a romance author, I write a lot about “turning”. A lot. I just searched my work-in-progress and found 43 instances of the word. For example: He turned his head slightly to the left, showing off his dimple. Why did I care that she had turned me down? She turned around in her seat. Her […]
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I watched “War Room” this week with my mom and sister (at my mom’s request for her birthday girl’s only hangout). It was a good movie with fairly good acting, funny and touching moments, and above all, a good message. I came away with two reminders: one, that prayer is powerful and it works(!), and two,
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What a week! 🙂 For five days I helped assemble breakfast, snack and lunch for 80+ first to sixth graders at an academic camp put on by our church. And let me tell you, it was tiring, but a blast. Here are some of the snacks we served – can you guess what the theme was?
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If there’s anything I’ve learned over the past 7+ years, it’s that parenthood is one looong, continuous lesson on love. Just as it takes a whole lot of work to maintain a good marriage, it takes a LOT of work to be a loving, patient, kind, understanding—insert all the warm and fuzzy adjectives you can think
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