“But how do you come up with enough to make a book – book after book?” Once more I’ve written those two very important words “the end.” And of course, I had to shout about it on Facebook. That’s what Facebook friends are for, to help you celebrate the ups and send you {{{hugs}}} during the down times. So naturally …
A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty. ~Author Unknown When my dad was living and we all went home to celebrate Father’s Day, we nearly always made ice cream. The same was true when we gathered with my husband’s family in the summer time. I think they must have decided …
“It came to me that every time I lose a dog they take a piece of my heart with them. And every new dog who comes into my life gifts me with a piece of their heart. If I live long enough, all the components of my heart will be dog, and I will become as generous and loving …
A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. ~Saint Basil Those of you who read my blog last week know it wasn’t a very good week for my mother and me and my sisters. If I had …
How many emergency rooms have you been to? I’ve gone to my share. Some with my kids. One whose aim was bad with a tobacco knife and chopped his hand instead of the tobacco stalk. Ended up with a hand specialist after two emergency rooms. Another took a hit to the eye with an elbow in basketball practice and cut …
Every day can bring a blessing or many blessings, but then there are days where the shadows of hard things happening make those blessings more difficult to see. This weekend has been like that. My mother fell on Friday morning. At first we hoped she was only bruised, but as the day went on, it was obvious something bad was wrong. She couldn’t bear …
June is almost here. That means July can’t be far behind and that means – drum roll, please – a new Shaker book. The Gifted is scheduled for release on July 1. My fifth Shaker book is set in my Shaker village of Harmony Hill in 1849 with a whole new set of characters. I did carry over one character …
“The dead soldier’s silence sings our national anthem.” (Aaron Kilbourn) Memorial Day began as Decoration Day after the Civil War when the wives, mothers, and sisters began decorating the graves of the fallen soldiers. Slowly as the years passed, Decoration Day, observed on May 30, began to be called Memorial Day, but it wasn’t until1967 that Federal law changed the name officially. The year …
Have you ever been to a kindergarten graduation? Or maybe a preschool graduation? If you want some smiles – the good kind of smiles that make you have hope for the future – then you might want to drop in on one of those ceremonies sometime. I went to one granddaughter’s kindergarten graduation last night and will get to go …
There is a good reason they call these ceremonies “commencement exercises.” Graduation is not the end, it’s the beginning. ~Orrin Hatch On Friday, my oldest granddaughter graduated from high school. Here she is walking into the chapel where the ceremony was held. My son is the man in the picture watching her. It seems not all that many years …