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Graduation Throwback

May 21, 2025 By D'Ann Mateer 9 Comments

This month marks 40 years since I graduated from high school. How is that even possible? So in honor of the occasion, I thought I’d show all the young ones out there what the mid-1980s were really like, at least in Texas! (Forgive the photo quality. It was a long time ago and they’ve been in photo albums for 40 years!)  Big Hair Yep. Big hair was even bigger in Texas! And when your hair … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry

The Cheer Squad

May 7, 2025 By D'Ann Mateer 7 Comments

This story started months ago. My daughter had several friends from church running a half marathon in Maine in May. She decided she wanted to try it, despite never running in her life!  My sister, who ran a couple of half marathons in her 20s, decided she wanted to do it with my daughter.  My daughter-in-law, who is a strength and conditioning coach and has run several half … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: daughter, daughter-in-law, half marathon, Maine

Guest Post: Crystal Caudill

April 16, 2025 By D'Ann Mateer

Hey y'all! My friend Crystal is posting for me today. If you haven't read her historical romance/mystery books, you should! Now here's Crystal: There is Only One Way to Do It If we’ve not met, you probably don’t know that in addition to being the author of “Dangerously Good Historical Romance,” I am a full-time caregiver for my mother-in-love. As the only child of his legally blind mom, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Faith, Family, Writing Tagged With: Crystal Caudill

D’Ann’s Favorites

April 13, 2025 By D'Ann Mateer

We hope you are enjoying these weekly feature posts from the authors of Inspired by Life…and Fiction. We're sharing some of our favorite things to help you get to know us a little better—and we’d love to hear your answers to these “favorites” questions in the comments below. Favorite Beverage (whether hot or cold): Coffee! But I’m a bit of a coffee snob. I prefer a premium … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry Tagged With: Author Favorites

Are you ready for some baseball?

April 2, 2025 By D'Ann Mateer

I enjoy Major League Baseball. I’ve followed the Texas Rangers since around the time the franchise began in the spring of 1972. I was five. So many memories surround outings to games—from my younger years sweating in the bleachers with our cooler of food and drinks brought from home (you could do that then!) to listening to games on the radio during elementary school to celebrating my parents’ … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: baseball

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