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Inspired by Veterans Day

November 11, 2020 By Dani Pettrey

Hi friends, Today is a special day. It’s the day our country sets aside to focus on our veterans—on those who served, sacrificed, and fought for freedom. I feel so blessed to come from a lineage of veterans—starting with the Revolutionary War that freed and formed our country, War of 1812, Civil War, WWI, WWII, Vietnam, and Operation Desert Storm.   I’m so proud of my husband’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry

Finding Hope in the Chaos

October 28, 2020 By Dani Pettrey

Hi friends,             How do we find hope, or better yet, maintain our hope when the world around use seems hopeless? As I was preparing to write this post, so many thoughts flooded my mind. It was like God was pouring out examples from my life and truths from Scripture into my mind. The difficult part for me is figuring out how to put all these brain bubbles into a cohesive post that touches … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Faith, Inspired by Scripture

Time Well or Poorly Spent

October 14, 2020 By Dani Pettrey

Hi friends, I always look forward to spending time with you all. Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to spend a little of it with me. I’ve been looking at my priorities lately. Particularly as I deal with continued and increasing health issues. It is times like this that it makes you sit back and really think the best way to invest your time. I took the last few weeks and kept … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry

What’s in Your Writer’s Sandbox?

September 23, 2020 By Dani Pettrey

I’m so excited to have DiAnn Mills guest posting today. She’s a talented writer, has a heart for helping new writers, and is an absolute joy to be around. ~Dani What’s in Your Writer’s Sandbox? Sometimes it’s a challenge for a writer to stay creative and engaged in a project. We want to avoid boredom and ho-hum writing at all costs. That’s why writers need a sandbox full of favorite toys … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: diann mills, guest blogger

God’s Sense of Humor

September 9, 2020 By Dani Pettrey

Hi friends, Mike and I celebrated twenty-eight years of marriage this week. Twenty-eight years. We were so young when we married, and we married quickly. We’d only been dating three weeks when Mike proposed, and we were married four months after that. Two months later, I found out we were expecting our first child. Our friends and, to be fully transparent, our families gave our marriage the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Faith, Family

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