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My childhood pastor taught me an important lesson. He would say, “Commit your day to God. Surrender it.” Verbally say it. Pray it. Commit your goals and dreams, your moments, your children, your husband and your desires to Him. Commit all that you have and …
So, you knew this was coming right?? Yesterday we talked about Good Girl Bloggers and today…the Mean Girl Blogger. Mean Girls are everywhere. If you have little girls, you know that this is true. As moms we try to protect our kids from these types …
Today I am 40. Yup. I don’t want to talk about it. 🙂 This morning I was praying and thanking God for giving me 40 years of life which, to date has been a relatively easy. When I realize what others have endured in their …
I told you here that I have had a pen-pal for years and years. And today I received this sweet birthday gift in the mail from Susana. She made this sweet pinkeep from linen, cotton and stuffed it with wool. Not to mention that she …
So, I have been toying with writing a book. In the last four months, I have been given several free books to review about writing and marketing an ebook , so I feel as though I have no excuses left. I am dragging my feet. …
To say that we live in a culture that worships beauty is an extreme understatement. I was reminded of that at Disney this week, when I rode Snow White’s Scary Adventure with Hope. “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest one of all?” Really? …
We enjoyed a fun week at Disney last week, and I learned several things on my trip. 1. On the plane ride down to Orlando, I learned a little more about writing when I read two books by Jeff Goin that he so awesomely gave …
I hope you have a great weekend! I will be on a week long blogging break this coming week, soooo, for your reading enjoyment, I’ll share some articles that were of interest to me this past week. 1. I recently received a free copy of …
A week ago, someone close to me called me and told me that she was struggling with loneliness, and asked me to address it on my blog, because she felt that others, too, must struggle with loneliness and that perhaps the information could be helpful. …
Today my Facebook page reached 1,000 likes. I have to tell you that I am pretty much floored. I also have to tell you that although I am super glad that you are all here, I don’t write for you. I write for me. I …