Small-Town Christian Romance Author Julie Arduini
Weaving faith, family, and chocolate in stories that feel like home
Hello, 56 Each birthday for twenty years I’ve shared my reflections here. Can you believe I’m at 56? This year I switched things up. My expanded birthday post is over on Substack—a beautiful community I’ve come to love. If you want to hear from “me” more often, Substack is the best place to find my…
Every year since I’ve had this domain I have shared a birthday post. Yes, today is my 54th birthday. Earlier this month I had an author marketing event with my birthday theme, but that wasn’t the actual day. Wow. 54. I still remember high school highlights and college fun. The fact those things were over…
Four years ago I was quite excited to celebrate my 50th. I was going to meet with anyone who wanted to locally celebrate. I had all the plans in motion and then, the pandemic. It was so early in it that we had not even come up with the birthday idea to drive by homes…
As I age, I’m learning things that were NEVER in my radar in my younger years. -That I would think twice about an event that starts at nine at night because I go to bed at ten. -I not only can’t eat whatever I want, I don’t want to. It’s either too much, makes me…
Each year I share my thoughts as I celebrate another birthday. This year, 52. I don’t even remember much of 51. Turning 50 was anticlimactic because I really wanted to enter the decade with a bang. Instead, the country shut down and it was so new no one was doing the drive-by celebrations. So, what’s…
Well, today I turn 50. It wasn’t how I pictured it, and I’m a bit bummed, honestly. Most of the year I like hiding and being behind the scenes. My birthday? I don’t dismiss it. I work darn hard and pour my everything into those around me. Words are my life, so to hear positive…