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Happy End of Summer!

September 3, 2021 By Jody Hedlund

In 2020, our family (like many of you) had to put big vacation plans on hold due to Covid. Instead, we did a couple of shorter trips. I’d hoped 2021 would allow us to move forward with a bigger vacation. But this year, my twins graduated from college. With one starting grad school and one getting a new job, we couldn’t find a block of time that worked for everyone to take a trip. So . . . … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry Tagged With: Jody Hedlund, Vacations

Oh, what a feeling! I’m dancing on the ceiling!

June 1, 2016 By Lenora Worth

I just finished writing the last book of a seven book contract. I finished on Monday at around 4:30 PM. The book is due today but I turned it in yesterday at 3:30 PM. Am I happy? Yes. Because over the last three years, in-between and around those seven books, I've moved twice, had health issues, traveled extensively and also written seven novellas and two continuities. I'm not bragging. I'm … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events & Giveaways Tagged With: beach, deadlines, Lakeside Sweetheart, Lenora Worth, The End, Vacations, writing

Once in a Lifetime

March 19, 2015 By Karen Witemeyer

Have you ever taken a trip that left such an impression, you knew it would linger with you forever? I've had a handful of those experiences. The first was a mission trip I took with my mom and brother to Nairobi, Kenya when I was 16 years old. Seeing people who lived in poverty yet sang with enthusiastic joy to the Lord and offered hospitality with a generosity of spirit that still puts me to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, History Tagged With: Greece, Once in a lifetime trip, Rome, Vacations

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