John and I are in the process of adopting four girls, ages 14, 12, 12, and 10, from the foster care system. They are beautiful, smart, and funny. We've had two day visits and one weekend visit with them, and John and I are just scratching the surface at discovering who these amazing young women are. At the same time John and I are trying to share our lives, our likes, our values, . . . and our … [Read more...]
My Long Lost Cousin
Not long ago, I was scrolling through my facebook newsfeed. There's no possible way that I can keep up with all of my friends' posts, so I tend to zoom through as many as I can for five minutes here and five minutes there. I came upon this picture: I thought, Cute! They must be twins. I happened to read the caption, written by a lady named Kathie. It read, "I find this such an … [Read more...]
Get Your Game Face On!
One of our family’s favorite things to do when we all get together is to play games. Board games, card games, word games, puzzles… You name it, we probably have the game. We’ve always played table games since our kids could first hold a deck of cards in their chubby little fists, but when our daughter-in-law joined our family, she introduced us to a whole new collection of board games. I don’t … [Read more...]
Do You Talk to Your Kids About What They Read?
This is a big week for me! My Young Adult medieval book, An Uncertain Choice, released! I'm thrilled that readers are already enjoying the book. One reader, JoJo Sutis, said this: "With so many mixed messages of young love in the world today... An Uncertain Choice is like a breath of fresh air. The world simply needs more books like this." JoJo's Corner Another of my readers, Cassie … [Read more...]
Indiana Jones + Indiana Josephine: When Love Becomes an Adventure
Last week John and I celebrated our 25th Anniversary. I knew when I married John that life would be an adventure, and it has been, but when I let him plan our anniversary I had no idea what I was getting into ... This is John and I on the second longest zip line in Central America. 1900 ft long with a 300 ft drop. (It was one of 10 zip lines we went on that day, and it was actually a … [Read more...]
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