1st Sunday Devotional – Up the Wrong Creek

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If the water’s flowing the wrong direction then maybe you’re not where you thought you were. And if you’re not where you thought you were, where are you? I often walk down a rocky creek that meanders through a narrow valley toward the river. Other small creeks come down through the hollows to join up with it. I sometimes approach …

The Changing Wedding Scene

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“Love at first sight is easy to understand; it’s when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle.” ~Sam Levenson Seeing my granddaughter get married in a beautiful ceremony last weekend has me thinking how weddings have changed over the years. Weddings today can be very elaborate events with brides in beautiful …

A Wedding is a Family Affair

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“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” – Mignon McLaughlin I had the privilege and joy of seeing my oldest grandchild get married this weekend. The wedding was lovely with much smiling and a few tears too as I watched my granddaughter step into the next part of her life. But her wedding …

River to Redemption Wins a Selah Award!!

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“This book had me at the heartstrings right from the get-go.” (Read is to Breathe Review of River to Redemption) I was sitting here wondering what to write about for my post tonight when I got a Facebook message with pictures from a writer friend, Ginger Biggs Harrington, who was attending the Selah Book Awards event.  Seems my book River …

Another Hometown Book Party

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  If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book. (J.K. Rowling) In 2005, my first inspirational novel, Scent of Lilacs,  was published. It had been several years since I’d had the fun of having a book published.  So when that book was released, it was almost like having a first ever book published again. In fact …

What Momisms did your Mom Say?

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Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.  ~Pearl S. Buck I’m still thinking about Moms. And why not? Don’t you thing a mom deserves a week of special thoughts and memories. Someone on my Facebook page last week said she thought we should change …

Too Young but Blessed

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“Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.” (Sophocles) Happy Mother’s Day to all of you. As I told the people at church this morning, we can all be thankful we had a mother because we all do.  Usually on Mother’s Day, I write about my mother. If you look through my archives and search for Mother’s Day, …

Another Mystery Photo Game in the Books

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Once again the mysteries have all been solved. Thank you so much for playing my mystery photo game and guessing right sometimes and guessing wrong sometimes. Especially that guessing wrong. LOL. I do like to keep at least a few of you in the dark on these pictures. I had a monumental fail with the typewriter keys. You all knew …

A Mystery Fail

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“Not every puzzle is intended to be solved. Some are in place to test your limits. Others are, in fact, not puzzles at all…” ― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration Okay, so nearly all of you solved the last mystery here with aplomb. At least I get to use a fancy sounding word. Some words just seem to …