Character confession. It’s been awhile, hasn’t it? If you’re new, or if it’s been so long you forgot, I try to take Saturdays and blog a character confession, courtesy of Noelle Mena of Pliable in His Hands. I simply write what I’m feeling or a little summary of my week and how it matches up to the cute little graphics. I find this meme gets quite a bit of viewing, [...]
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This week my husband and I enjoyed a week alone while the kids were at grandma’s. He worked during the day and I gave our son’s room a complete makeover. The last night we were alone we were talking and he defined me as “sassy.” This is not a new term attached to my name. I try not to be confrontational, I’m too tired for that. But sassy…guilty as charged. [...]
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You wouldn’t beeeelieve the confessions I could gush out today. Since I cried big crocodile tears already, I’ll go ahead and blog about something positive. I’m in love. I’ve known about CWA webinars for awhile and Noelle Mena has encouraged me from day one to give it a try. My interest was always there but I felt the timing wasn’t right. This summer I felt it [...]
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Help! Chocolate Ricecakes Don’t Taste Like a DQ Peanut Buster Parfait… by Julie Arduini on Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 9:39pm Hopefully that got your attention, I appreciate you being here this summer evening. But it’s true. Chocolate rice cakes are better than the cardboard kind from my college days but still. I live half a mile away from Dairy Queen where Thursdays are $2 peanut butter buster days. [...]
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It’s Character Confession Saturday! It’s also World Autism Day, a day to spread awareness regarding people diagnosed with autism or are within the autism spectrum. What makes me choose seriously as my confession is the ignorance I continue to run across when it comes to special needs. When I was growing up people didn’t understand special need situations and I was taught to avoid anyone who appeared or acted different. [...]
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He was three months old when we dedicated him, a commitment as parents to raise our son in an environment that models Christ. We were new to that particular church and after the service a man stepped forward and let us know as we prayed, he “saw” our son in a snapshot of sorts, and he was preaching. That was an encouraging vision but through the years we’ve relied on [...]
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