Happy July 1st! 183 days are left in 2025. You're welcome. When our daughter Kelsey asked if I wanted to travel with her to Colorado for her 20th high school reunion—make it a mother/daughter trip—I purchased my ticket in record time! And we had such a fun and memorable trip. Of course, a highlight was seeing some of her former classmates again after 20 years... They were a great … [Read more...]
Winners & more winners (is YOUR name in this blog post?)
If your name is in this post, then you've won something! Today I'm announcing the four winners who each won an audiobook of Colors of Truth, a Carnton novel from my post two weeks ago. But first . . . I've got two past winners who have yet to claim their spoils. Are you one of those winners? Here's one last chance for these two gals to claim their prizes! GALE you won Angie … [Read more...]
To listen…or not to listen
HAPPY MARCH! Spring is almost here and not a minute too soon, right? Are you an audio book lover? I am. I usually have 3 or 4 (or more) audiobooks going at the same time. Well, not literally. But you know what I mean. I love having the freedom to take a walk, to clean, to drive from one place to another while also "reading." Either being whisked away to a distant story world with … [Read more...]
Facing Tough Decisions
I'm often asked, "How did you not cave to the pressure last summer when your publisher threatened to cancel your book if you didn't make their requested changes?" In short? God started preparing me for that challenge a year before that day came (when my novel Colors of Truth was ultimately cancelled). It's not something I'm proud to admit (to confess), but it's a forever lesson God … [Read more...]
Channeling my inner Annie Sloan
Have you ever painted with chalk paint? If yes, then you're my new BFF. Joe and I recently moved into a house we had built in the modern farmhouse style—waving to you, Joanna Gaines—and now I find myself "hankering" (I love that word, it's so good & Southern) to paint some of our furniture. First, my parent's king bed . . . I love the bed but the brown finish just isn't what I … [Read more...]