Some people believe only in coincidences, rather than think God might have some master plan for their life. I feel sorry for those people. They miss out on so much. Their life is closed to the possibilities God might have in store for them. This past year, with all the doors that have opened to me, feels [...]
Archive for December, 2011
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Posted in writing, tagged Mary DeMuth, photo for 2012, Thin Places, writing on December 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Five Important Lessons I Learned at Writer’s Conferences This Year
Posted in writing, tagged writer's conference, writing lessons on December 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Five weeks. According to my calendar, it has been five weeks since I returned home from the HACWN Writer’s Conference, and I still haven’t had time to process everything I learned. I do know I would highly recommend that writers attend conferences. This was only my second conference ever but both were amazing experiences I won’t soon forget [...]
The Writing Junkie
Posted in Uncategorized on December 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I thought it was the upcoming holidays and the stress of all I had to do; write my annual Christmas letter, send out cards, baking, decorating, buying gifts and wrapping. It seemed too much this year, with my other responsibilities added in. I am busier every year, and this year in particular, with the fire [...]
A Life Too Short, a Tribute to Pam Pierre
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Pam Pierre on December 4, 2011 | 5 Comments »
I “met” Pam 19 years ago, through an ad in the Couple to Couple League’s Family Foundations newsletter. I had four children and was pregnant with my fifth, lonely for a friend with like-minded values. Pam answered my pen-pal ad and immediately became a mentor of sorts. Pam was older than I; married for eleven more years, and [...]
When Words Inspire
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged journal keeping, Phyllis Theroux on December 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It was still dark out when I walked down to my daughter and son-in-law’s house to babysit two of my grandchildren while they took Jacob for a three-month post-cancer CT scan. (which turned out all clear, praise God) Before I left home, I grabbed a cup of coffee, my writing bag and a book off [...]
