Small-Town Christian Romance Author Julie Arduini
Weaving faith, family, and chocolate in stories that feel like home
Illuminate Happy New Year! Each year I pray for a word or theme that I can focus on. The Lord has been faithful, offering words that direct my prayer time, and in return, confirm things I had been praying about. Last year was shift, and that was dead on. I watched loved ones shift, some…
Happy Fall! It’s been a bit since I’ve been here and it sure isn’t for a lack of trying. First things first. If you read this in time, tonight I’ll be over at Maria’s Muses participating in Game Night. Last month I hosted and it was so much fun. This month I have a game…
If you look back at my own blog posts, you’ll see a thread. It’s tiny and quiet, but it’s there. I’m trying to get the world’s attention. One picture I have in mind is because a friend is building a house. It’s been full of delays but recently she announced the concrete foundation was being…
This week I’ve been sharing key times in my adult life where there’s no way luck or coincidence played a part. My faith is more than showing up to church on Sunday. I have a living, breathing friendship with Jesus. And there was a day when I felt He was all I had. And I’d…
When I held my first license in my hand, I remember the thrill. To me, it meant independenceand freedom and a LOT of trips to the mall. I also remember the fear. I sat behind the wheel and stared. That wheel. The brakes. The gas. My hands. Together they would be a great journey or…
I’m a little late, I had other blogging posts scheduled, but each year I try to write a birthday related post. Well this was a big one. 5-0. Fifty years. Or as one fellow 50 said, “I can’t believe we’re half a century year old.” That I wasn’t ready for. But overall, I’m ready for…