Do you ever have trouble taking too much out on your plate? You know you’ll never be able to eat it all or you know you shouldn’t eat it all if you ever want to be happy again reading the numbers on your bathroom scales. I don’t have too much trouble with dipping out too much food on my plate …
Packages in the Mail
When I first started writing back in the dark ages – well, maybe not that long ago but well before the electonic age – I typed my first stories on a manual typewriter with carbon copies. I had strong fingers and correcting mistakes on those carbon copies developed my patience or drove me completely bananas. There was no e-mail or …
Expert Writing Advice
“An expert is someone who tells you why you can’t do something.” Alec IssigonisOne afternoon last week I was working away in my office with everything humming along. Then I went for a walk and when I got back the electricity to my office and all that part of the house was off. We tripped all the breakers in the …
Everybody has a Story to Tell
My grandkids love stories. They like to have them read to them. As soon as they start learning the words, they like to read stories. And they like to be told stories. It doesn’t matter how impromptu the story is or whether it has plot holes. They just love to hear somebody tell them a story. ~~ And everybody has …
Talking Writing with Jan Watson
One of the best things about writing for the inspirational market is the other writers I’ve met and how they always seem to be smiling and glad to hear about your successes. Or if things aren’t going so well for you, to offer a sympathetic ear and a caring offer to pray about whatever problem might be bothering you. Here …
Celebrating a New Year
“Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” That quote is on a refrigerator magnet my daughter brought home years ago. We’ve had a lot of new years and new days since then, but that doesn’t make the saying any less true. There’s also the saying about yesterday being gone, tomorrow is not here and all we …
Gifts to Remember
Everybody likes getting gifts and most people do a lot of gift giving and getting at Christmas time. I hope your gifts this year all made you smile, but what was your best gift ever? Just for fun that’s what I asked readers to tell me when they entered my last giveaway. Sometimes it’s good to remember Christmases past to …
Loving our Gifts
“What we are is God’s gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.” (Eleanor Powell) ~~ Are you a good gift getter? This little granddaughter of mine is. She was happy over every gift – even a toothbrush and a stocking stuffer box of character inspired band-aids. Here she’s happy about some princess pjs. And how about …
Ready or Not Christmas Comes
Here’s my next generation. Last year they all sat under the tree and smiled patiently. This year the twins were not in the picture taking mood and there weren’t smiles all around. Getting nine kids to settle and smile is not an easy task. Did I say an impossible task? But a picture like this just makes it more real. …
The Love Behind the Gift
We had Christmas today with our two sons and their kids. The daughter comes next week. With adult children who don’t live nearby, it’s sometimes hard to get everybody’s schedules arranged to have them all home at once. That’s what this mama would like best. That’s the way it was when they were little. All together. But kids grow up …