Illuminate Happy New Year! Each year I pray for a word or theme that I can focus on. The Lord has been faithful, offering words that direct my prayer time, and in return, confirm things I had been praying about. Last year was shift, and that was dead on. I watched loved ones shift, some…
I guess the whole story is I say I love you now, kind of. Let me back up. I grew up a Gen X kid with Silent Generation parents. They were taught not to have feelings or dare you have them, don’t you even go and express them. For someone younger, that probably makes no…
Enjoy the first two books in the Surrendering Hearts series this season. Meet the Hart sextuplets as they discover their own identity and try to find a love like their parents shared. ANCHORED HEARTS: Free for Kindle now! Rated 4.7, this small-town romance includes the Christian theme of surrendering control. Can two go-getters surrender their…
Guess How Much God Loves You Helping kids discover God’s never-changing, never-failing, never-ending love I recently welcomed my second grandchild (first granddaughter) into the world in September. What an absolute joy! While I’m fairly new to grandparenting, with my first not quite three years old, I’ve quickly discovered that the relationship between a grandparent and…
This was first shared at the HTC Women Casual Christmas Cookies and Cocoa event, December 2023 I was ten years old when Christmas bottomed out for our family. Although we didn’t give our situation a name at the time, alcoholism was destroying our lives one sip and forgotten promise at a time. The tension was…
A Change of Heartby Diana Leagh Matthews “Hurt people hurt people.” The old adage is so true. Years ago, I shared my thoughts on a movie adaptation of my favorite book, but instead of thinking about what I said, I spoke unfiltered and with venom, damaging the friendship. My anger wasn’t toward anyone in particular…