07 Nov Allume–Part Two
To read the first installment of my Allume story click here.As I wrangled my luggage into the Hilton, I had an inkling that God had something up His sleeve for my weekend. I knew I would be a very...
My Blog
02 Nov Five Minute Friday: Roots
It's Friday again! This week has flown by. I know you are all waiting with bated breath for the next installment of my Allume story. Don't worry. That will come soon. Honestly, I didn't expect it to take this long, but there is so much...
29 Oct Allume–Part One
Remember how last year I was all bent out of shape because I didn’t make it to Relevant? Well, this year I was there.Only it’s not called Relevant anymore. Now it’s called Allume.I think of it, affectionately, as “The...
26 Oct Five Minute Friday: Voice
Live from Allume, it's Thursday night! Well, actually it's Friday morning now . . . but I haven't gone to bed yet, so it seems like Thursday night. Two hours ago, I was sitting about ten feet from Lisa Jo Baker, the mastermind behind Five...
26 Sep Hitting over the head sometimes required!
I’ve been meaning to write about this for quite some time. But as I tried to work out the technological aspects this post called for, the memory began to fade and slip beneath my radar. That’s how life goes...
14 Sep Dear me,
Hello sixteen-year-old self, it’s me, your 35-year-old self. There are a few things I’d like to share with you. You’re living at a great time. 1993—entering your junior year and thinking that now you have to be serious. Yes,...
12 Sep When I don’t even understand myself . . .
I just took an online test and discovered my personality type. I think I’ve been given this kind of test before, but I forget what the results were. Last night I was super depressed. And no one seemed to...
29 Aug A Letter to my (Favorite) Daughter
Today is the day. You’re at Kindergarten now. Mommy cried a lot yesterday—and this morning. And I’m sure I’ll shed some more tears before the day is over. But the truth is, I am happy and excited for you.Six...
15 Aug A New Resolution
I’ve been working on a few different posts on various topics. Nothing has "gelled" in the past few weeks. But now I think I know what I want to write about.It’s something that I first thought about when Oprah Winfrey was lobbying for people to...
25 Jul And then He reins me in.
I was talking to my sister about taking photographs for me. She’s a photographer and I need photos of myself for my blog, for my book cover, for the Facebook author page I’ll be setting up in the next few weeks . . . you...