Small-Town Christian Romance Author Julie Arduini
Weaving faith, family, and chocolate in stories that feel like home
For years I’ve used this blog to post 30 days of thankfulness during November. There were years others created posts they shared here, writing their blessings. This year I wasn’t feeling it. Not that I’m not thankful, but as I make my way back to the active schedule I was known for, putting it all…
I’ve been doing this a few years, post-birthday, sharing where I am, how far I’ve come, and where I hope to go. I have to say, 47 is weird. It’s a stone’s throw to 50, and wow, that’s an age I never gave a lot of thought to as a college student. That seems like…
I clearly remember the night. While most people were out for New Year’s, I was staring at the little box on my laptop screen. Clicking the “Create Blog” box in my mind felt as tense as dismantling a bomb. It was my first act after promising God I was done with fear. Afraid of what…
My Thankful List by Jean Ann Williams I’m thankful for my Lord and Savior Who drew me from the pit of suicide loss and remolded me to need Him for everything. I love my husband of forty-six years, and who I’ve known since I was eleven when he took me on motorcycle rides with…
Last month I shared how I was an iBloom lurker and this year took the plunge and bought the planner. I was so sold on it that when there was a call out for women to partner with iBloom, I wanted in. The iBloom Life and Business Planner has been the one tool I keep…
It’s weird, this year. Each October I start promoting the need for guest posts from people from every walk of life to say why they are thankful. Most years I receive so many submissions they spill into December. They have been short, long, from women, men, authors and readers. From Ohio, from across the pond.…