June has been so crazy for us. I have a lot to catch up on, beginning with my Writing Retreat in early June. Every few weeks I get together with three wonderful women writers, Demery, Linda, and Pauline. I call them my "Writing Group" because...
Between Mother's Day and Father's Day in Todd's and my families, we celebrate 6 birthdays. This is the busiest month of the year for us, except maybe December! But we end up with a lot of great pictures! Annie, Megan, Camilla, and me. Freddie,...
Most of you have probably heard by now about 5-year-old Maria Chapman's tragic death. If not, read about it here. I turned on national Christian radio station KLOVE (88.3 fm here in NEPA) as Camilla and I pulled out of our garage this morning and...
I found this story so beautiful. Hope it encourages you as well!...
We all have them. In some ways I hesitate to mention this, because I know I'm opening myself up to language experts who may find some flaws in my grammar or spelling. I am not above improving myself. You are now given permission to correct...
I just found this article on Madeleine L'Engle, by her close friend Luci Shaw. I wish I could convey how her work--and her life--inspires me. I've been feeling kind of dry, as though I need a break-through with writing. And reading about Madeleine reminds me...
I meant to write about this in yesterday's post, but forgot after my struggle with video uploading! A while ago, I wrote about my friend Susan, who was 24 weeks pregnant when the doctors discovered that she'd had a small placental abruption at 13 weeks....
We've been enjoying the beautiful weather these past few weeks. I know it can't last. The sweet old neighbor lady said to me the other day that she doesn't like it when everything blooms so early, because we might have a frost that kills the...
Here's a picture of us from this past weekend, at a 50th Anniversary Party. We don't often have someone take a picture of all three of us. Camilla has a funny look on her face, but Todd and I look fantastic, don't we?I've just been...
