Joy in the Journey - The blog of Alison Treat, author of Historical Fiction

30 Oct Fall Traditions

Posted at 21:00h in Adrian, autumn, birthdays, Camilla, celebrations, Family, Milestones, traditions by Alison Treat 0 Comments

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October has always been a busy month for us. This year, Camilla turned four! The other day I told her she'll always be my baby girl and she said, "But Mom, I have to grow up sometime." If statements like these weren't interspersed with...

19 Oct Truths from a 4-year-old

Posted at 14:48h in autumn, Camilla by Alison Treat 3 Comments

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It happened first last week.Camilla was talking to me, rambling on as she sometimes does, and I was nodding and half-listening."Mm-hmmm . . ." I commented."Mom, don't say Mm-hmm!" she said. "Say, 'yes!'"She'd caught me. But I wanted to be sure. "Why, Sweetie?""I don't like...

05 Oct Where Did Summer Go?

Posted at 16:59h in Adrian, Camilla, Family, summer, vacations by Alison Treat 5 Comments

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I know it's October 5th, but just a few weeks ago I was on the beach in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It was 80 degrees and sunny. I love autumn. Really, I do. But today it's raining and dreary and I'm missing those...

16 Sep Cool–a blog award!!!

Posted at 14:14h in awards, writing by Alison Treat 4 Comments

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I am thrilled to accept this award given to me by my wonderful writer-and-now-blogger friend Demery. She blogs every day, so if you go to her blog, you won't find her post about this award unless you go back aways. I'll make it easy for...

31 Aug My Story (or one of them, anyway)

Posted at 15:38h in FFI, FLI, friends, miracles, reading, vacations by Alison Treat 9 Comments

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On a weekend in mid-August, I was blessed to be part of a reuniting of hearts in Colorado Springs. Twelve years ago, forty college students from all over the United States (with one from South Africa) became the 7th class of the little-known Focus on...

04 Aug Summertime

Posted at 12:21h in Adrian, Camilla, Family, summer by Alison Treat 2 Comments

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I love summer. Swimming. Playing at the park. Iced Lattes. Sunburn. Ice Cream Sandwiches. And of course, evening camp fires in the back yard, complete with S'mores. No, Adrian's not eating a S'more. So what if he was?...

31 Jul Thoughts on The Shack

Posted at 16:24h in reading by Alison Treat 7 Comments

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I don't call this a book review, or anything official, but I did say in this post that I would try to follow up after I finished reading The Shack. Well, I finished it a long time ago--and what's worse is, I didn't buy it....

29 Jul Inspiration

Posted at 14:16h in new york, parenting, writing by Alison Treat 3 Comments

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Okay, I've come to the decision that I need to grab brief pockets of time when I have them and write like mad for the duration. A week or so ago, I watched the movie Motherhood. I loved it. I can't even remember who recommended...

19 Jul Please pray for Baby Keefer!

Posted at 06:31h in parenting, prayer requests by Alison Treat 1 Comment

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An old friend of mine went to the hospital last week with preeclampsia. She was only 26 weeks pregnant. On Saturday night the baby had to be delivered. He weighs only 1 lb. 1 oz. My heart just breaks at the thought of beginning motherhood...

11 Jul For the love of strawberries!

Posted at 22:39h in Adrian, Camilla, Family, strawberries, summer by Alison Treat 1 Comment

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I finally uploaded these pictures from a few weeks ago and I just had to share them. We picked strawberries with one of my wonderful sisters-in-law and her four awesome kiddos, so Camilla and Adrian got some great cousin time as well as a whole...

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30 Oct Fall Traditions

19 Oct Truths from a 4-year-old

05 Oct Where Did Summer Go?

16 Sep Cool–a blog award!!!

31 Aug My Story (or one of them, anyway)

04 Aug Summertime

31 Jul Thoughts on The Shack

29 Jul Inspiration

19 Jul Please pray for Baby Keefer!

11 Jul For the love of strawberries!

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