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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 …
“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 …
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 …
“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 …
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. …
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 …
I’ve been blessed with nine beautiful grandbaby gifts over the years and every year when we have a new baby in the family I take a picture of that baby under the Christmas tree because, in my mind, there’s no other gift that can compare to the gift of a new life. Last year this baby’s big sister wanted to …
It’s shopping season. People buy like mad this time of the year. We don’t want to be Scrooges. Or at least most of us don’t. I get to feeling a little Scroogy after I go shopping. I know that doesn’t make a lot of sense, but since when does the way we feel have to make sense? No, I guess …
Meet Adriane Darcy. Isn’t she pretty? Okay, so maybe this is actually beautiful actress and model Alexis Bledel. But she is also the answer to a question on the titling questionnaire I just received from Revell. ~~ Filling out titling questionnaires isn’t my favorite writing task. Yet at the same time it is definitely a favorite form to receive in …
I did my Christmas decorating today. It no longer looks as if I’m moving in or out with all the boxes – except for one room where I’ve got boxes piled to the ceiling for present wrapping. Well, maybe not to the ceiling, but a big pile for sure. You have to have the right size box for your present …