Post Script
Post Script noun an additional statement or action that provides further information on or a sequel to something. Seven years ago, I served as the adult leader in a church youth group mission. The teenagers assigned to work with me were from across the country. They were amazing as we were thrust into a situation […]
A tribute to my kids
As I begin to write this, my cell phone flashes 3:33. I wake up constantly to this same time, almost to the point that I think my circadian rhythms are aligning to this number. What it symbolizes to me is that I have 3 kids, always 3 kids. I have one who is no longer […]
Full Circle
As I began to reflect on an amazing series of coincidences which lead up to a once-in-a-lifetime experience for all of us involved, a classic Seals and Crofts song came to mind; Life, so they say, is but a game And they let it slip away Love, like the autumn sun Should be dyin’, but […]
Little Sparkles
I just finished reading Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic. The subtitle to this work by the author of Eat, Pray, Love is Creative Living Beyond Fear. I really wanted to enjoy the book for several reasons. One, it was recommended by my friend and editor, Michelle Houts, and two, anything that suggests Big Things will happen […]
Throwing it out into the universe
I had the chance this past weekend to hang with my friends and fellow children’s book authors, Michelle Houts and Nancy Roe Pimm. We bunked together to share on expenses the night prior to the Cincinnati Book Festival. The evening was a writer’s pajama party dream. After an evening filled with stories about our latest […]
