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Sisters Trip to Mexico

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In November of 2021, I traveled to Scottsdale, Arizona with my husband to celebrate my 50th birthday. My two sisters and my parents joined us there. I LOVED marking the occasion of my birthday with such a memorable trip. When my sister's 50th rolled around recently, we had the perfect reason to take another mini-vacation. This time--Cabo, Mexico! I grew up in California and have lived in … [Read more...]

How Authors Stay Sane

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Hi friends and happy Wednesday. I hope your day is off to a fantastic start.  Writing is not easy.  I believe Hemingway said it best in the following quote.  “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” While writing is a joy for me and a passion, that doesn’t negate the rough days or even rough seasons. The times when you have a word or page … [Read more...]

In Memory of Mandisa

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This is a post I originally published on August 30, 2011, long before I had the joy of meeting Mandisa in a Bible study we both attended in a friend's home here in Nashville a handful of years ago. As everyone says, she was—and still is—the real deal. I'm heartbroken over her passing, but her openness and transparency encouraged me then, and still does today. I originally entitled this August … [Read more...]

Slow & Steady Gets It Done

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On Wednesday, D’Ann made mention of graduation (and gifts for graduates). I’m guessing she was thinking of 18 and 22 year olds, for the most part. A decade ago this month, I attended my oldest daughter’s college graduation. She’d had a long career as a flight attendant (close to 20 years) but was ready to stay home, so she went back to school to prepare for a career change. Now, it may have … [Read more...]

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