My Friend, Rose One of the best things about writing Christian fiction is the people I meet. Not only readers, but other writers as well. Rose Allen McCauley is one I feel blessed to count among my writer friends. Rose has a generous heart and even before she was published herself, she was always ready to support any area writers …
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. ~G.K. Chesterton What’s your favorite holiday? Some of you might say Christmas right off, but I’m pretty sure I hear others out there picking Thanksgiving. It such a wonderful day of family and food and blessings. No pressure to exchange gifts. …
November 24, 1965 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky where as usual NOTHING is happening. Well, the sun comes up in the morning and goes down at night if that counts. Plus there’s school, but that’s the same old same old every day. Get up. Catch the bus. Ride forever. Have homeroom. Go to classes and try to stay …
Saturday was the 6th annual St. Jude Give Thanks Walk. Our Team Kaelyn didn’t participate in the first walk. At that time, my little niece was sick, but the doctors hadn’t diagnosed her cancer as yet. That didn’t happen until December after the first walk in November. We had yet to find out in a very personal family way the …
A Lifetime Commitment A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year. ~Paul Sweeney We celebrated our anniversary Sunday with a big party, but yesterday was actually our anniversary. So we went out to eat and to a movie. Big time celebrators, right? Maybe that fun anniversary trip will …
November 17, 1965 Jocie Brooke here reporting from the Mt Pleasant Church in Holly County, Kentucky. We had a big day at the church on Sunday. The church women had a dinner for this couple who have been going here to church since before cars. Mr. and Mrs. Jeffries tell me they showed up at church in a buggy when …
We had a big day yesterday celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary. It’s actually not for a couple more days, but we’re hoping to make it. Whether we do or not – and no one is promised tomorrow – we had a great time celebrating family and love yesterday. It was a little hard for me to look this fifty year …
Do you like old historic houses? I put this link at Old House Dreams about a Georgian style mansion up for sale in my town on my Facebook page and it’s grabbed a lot of views and interest. Actually a writing friend I met at the Writers Retreat I recently attended in Monterey, CA posted the link on my Facebook first. Internet is …
November 11, 1965 Jocie Brooke reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky. Veteran’s Day. That means a lot in our house because my dad is a veteran of World War II. In fact, our whole town is full of veterans of that war and some of World War I too. Then there’s the Korean War veterans too and now the Vietnam War. I …
Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love; they depart to teach us about loss. ~Erica Jong I lost one of my walking buddies last week. Roxie lived across the road from me. She came to her family when she was a pup and already bigger than many dogs are when they are grown. A fuzzy furry sweatheart. …