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You know what that is?! That is our NEARLY COMPLTED STACK OF ADOPTION PAPERWORK!! We are waiting on two pieces of paper and the completed home study, which all should arrive any day now. When it arrives, we will make all the copies, get everything notarized and ship it to our agency. WAHOO!!!! I thought […]
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I’m taking a break from my 31 Days topic because, quite frankly, I’m a little bored with it. I can only be serious for so long, folks, then my brain starts to smoke and tremor with the need to be ridiculous. I am not what you might call a “deep thinker.” I mean, I can […]
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Nine and a half years ago, I set out on quite the adventure to make my dream of writing a book about World War II Ukraine come true. I had a publisher lined up at the time for what was supposed to be a non-fiction book entitled Letters to Kelli. For roughly three years, Ukrainian […]
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Choose courage over safety, chance over predictability. There’s freedom when you fly. Happy Saturday. This is the sixth post in my 31 Day Series on embracing confidence and living boldly. For more 31 Day posts, click here.
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This morning I woke up and checked Facebook. My uncle had posted this as his status, an excerpt from my cousin Sean’s amazing book, People Who Sing Jesus. I told you all about the book here. Have you read it yet? You should. It’s amazing… People who sing Jesus understand that before they can do anything […]
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In seventh grade, I sat in the musty gym of Crestview Middle School for yet another pep rally. This time, we were to hear speeches from the nominated candidates for Class President. There were three current eighth graders/soon-to-be ninth graders who were running for the coveted title of Crestview Middle School Student Body President. Of […]
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Ever so slowly, I chip away at my novel. Just like The Little Engine that Could, I find myself slowly chugging up the mountain, straining to reach the top. The problem with writing a novel (particularly a historical fiction novel, which relies as much on historical accuracy as it does creative license) is that it’s […]
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Do you remember being in awe of nature as a child? Did you ever sit beneathe a black-blue sky dotted with a milliion stars and gasp at the wonder of it all? Did you marvel at a sunset or watch the clouds float by in an array of shapes. An alligator! An elephant! A […]
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We sat in the airport in Amsterdam, all still basic strangers to one another. Having missed our connection, we had a full eight hours to sit in the food court, to have small fish eat the fungus off our toes and to develop a fast bond with one another before sharing a unique and life […]
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Lee has the day off so we are taking advantage of cooler temps and an overcast day to go to Busch Gardens. Alone. Just me and him. Alone. We’re going to ride all the fun roller coasters that we haven’t been able to ride because we’ve always had the kids with us. Alone. This is […]
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