In the midst of packing my husband shared a revelation. The day we move to the house we believe is the last one for us is ten years to the day we moved to Ohio. Wow. Some days it feels like yesterday, and others, 100 years. I know this much—when my husband approached me over…
It isn’t every day I want to walk away from being me, but there are days. And my whine to heaven is one I could record and just press play because it’s almost always the same vent. I prayed for that person. I did what You asked. I spent so much time encouraging them. And…
I was stunned to open my Facebook feed and find it full of tributes to Robin Williams. I knew he wasn’t even 65, so I wondered if it was his heart. I was devastated to read and now know it was a suicide. His family shared that he had been struggling with deep depression. His…
When I started college, I took a class that I absolutely loved. Radio. I loved the history. I hated the editing. I loved the re-creations we would do complete with props. Then I got cast as Tiny Tim. Why? At 19, I was told I sounded like a little kid. I knew before that my…
About the book: Hawaii was the last place Grace Christiansen ever imagined she’d vacation, much less fall in love. But when her family surprises her with a cooking retreat in paradise, she is pulled-or maybe yanked-away from her predictable, safe life and thrown headfirst into the adventure of a lifetime. Max Sharpe may make…
I was new to town, new to the state. My dad had recently passed away, our daughter nearly passed away but was chronically ill. My husband had a new job, our son, a new school. I sat in the Sunday School class and fought the tears. Everyone knew each other. You could tell there were…