Finally, the weekend. I think this week went on forever. Sure felt like it. Here’s my Character Confession for the week. I think my confession is why the week felt so long. I’m 41 and there are days I’m absolutely consumed by hopelessness. Sometimes it’s hormonal. Sometimes it’s by my own choice and the consequences….
I mentioned in my 12 in 12 post that I’d like to showcase nature pictures more. When I say I’m an amateur photographer, I’m not kidding. I have a basic digital camera and my phone. That’s it. Thought I’d make good on my post. I’m having a hard time posting all of them, so I…
Julie’s note: Laura Hodges Poole is a great writer and a fellow ACFW Scribes critique group member. She writes on a subject I know well, people pleasing. When I share my story I talk about how my rock-bottom moment came when I whittled an eggplant at 2am for a perfect Christmas penguin centerpiece no one…
*by Sr. Editor, April W Gardner “I knew that I had just been given an amazing true story that needed to be told.” –Rosslyn Elliott, Clash of the Titles 2011 Laurel Award Winner Portions of that story—Fairer Than Morning—won the majority of COTT reader votes in June when it took the victory in the “Best…
The A2Z meme continues with the letter B. His name even begins with a “B” but I won’t reveal it here for his privacy. But he’s my firstBORN, a BOY, and definitely a miracle BABY. If I listened to man, he wouldn’t even be here. Because of a severe case of PCOS, my doctor was…
Wishing you a wonderful day off if you’re able to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. day today. It’s time for Marriage Monday. Join e-Mom and women from around the world, I suppose, as we blog twice a month about marriage. Today is a prompt for women only where you take the following prompts and…