Well, hello! While you’ve been reading the amazing thankful posts this month, I watched my first book, my Adirondack romance titled Entrusted, release. It’s been fun watching it go through the stages and then see my name listed as the author. With it comes a lot of marketing, more than I have hours in a…
I don’t know what it is about men and fire but they seem to think their success depends on a roaring fire. I’m just grateful for enough flame to burn a marshmallow. But with a new firepit and nice weather, we’ve had a few fires. And frustrations. The last fire did not want to take…
Julie’s Note: It’s my pleasure to introduce Tracy Ruckman, Write Integrity Press and Pix N Pens publisher. I’m thankful Tracy took a leap of faith with me and my writing this year. Passion “a strong feeling of enthusiasm or excitement for something or about doing something.” (Merriam-Webster) This year, I’m thankful for passion – that…
Some of you clicked just to see what planet I’m from that I would write about being thankful for housework. Well, I’m a citizen of heaven, but my residence is here on earth. On top of that, God gifted me for writing but tasked me with housework. Allow me to translate how dishes and laundry…
This is really going to sound strange, but I’m thankful for breast cancer. Yes, you read that right. Six years ago, I had the shock of my life. What I thought was an inflamed milk duct was diagnosed as breast cancer. I’ve always been a Christian, I was raised in a…
One of my favorite poems is Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken. Probably because I can relate. The wide path everyone else takes? I was never one to follow. I was the pioneer taking the narrow way rarely understanding why I wasn’t like everyone else. Thing is, the path God gives you, it’s not going…