Resolution Aid
Happy (belated) New Year! It’s January 3rd. How many of you have given up on your resolution already? If you have, don’t worry. You may need to accept that your resolution didn’t fit...
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Christmas Miracle
My son is playing baby Jesus in the nativity scene at church this evening. We really don’t know whether he’ll smile or cry, but either way, it’ll be a memory for Christmases to come,...
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Finished!
I did it. I finished my historical novel! 87,026 words. 214 pages (1.5 spaced). Thousands of hours of writing and research. I began it during the school year a couple of years ago, working from 5:15-6...
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The Valued Opinion
I recently had the pleasure of introducing my father to a series of books he now loves. It made me feel really good to do this, and I started to think about why. The obvious reasons are that: 1. In a ...
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Mothers, Make Time For Yourself
I accomplished a lot of great things this November. The most important, of course, was taking care of our baby. We finally taught him to take a bottle and figured out the food that caused his acid ref...
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The Symbol Of Spode
Today, in early anticipation of the season, I got out my treasured Christmas Tree Spode. For those of you who don’t know the pattern, it looks like this: I have a pretty big collection, as my fa...
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