For the past few years, I have encouraged the members of the KPC Writers Group to choose a focus word for the year. Last year, I chose the word “further,” and I’ve been thinking about whether or not I made … Continue reading
Evelyn Wagoner
When my good friend, Sherrie (no anonymity there, dear girl–you’re getting full credit/blame for this!), asked if I would like to take a class to learn to think on my feet and become more comfortable as a speaker, I jumped … Continue reading
Spring is almost here, and I’m still wondering if my focus word for 2020 was a mistake. As usual, the writers in the KPC Writers Group pretty much outdid me in choosing their words. Some words have an obvious connection … Continue reading
KPC Writers Group 2019 Word for the Year I admit I had all sorts of preconceptions of what could happen when I chose FLY as my focus word for 2019. I hoped to experience freedom in a new way. That … Continue reading
Again, I asked the members of the KPC Writers Group to choose personal focus words for the year. I love this annual exercise, and I especially enjoy the variety of words and the explanations given for their choices. Confidence Positivity … Continue reading
“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.”–Isaiah 26:3 (NKJV) Peace must be a big deal to God since it’s mentioned over 400 times in the Bible. It’s a big deal to us, too. But doesn’t life seem … Continue reading
At the beginning of the year, I asked the folks in my writers group to join me in choosing a focus word for 2018. They were more than willing to do so, and I spent time making cards illustrating each … Continue reading
No one has ever accused me of having a green thumb. In fact, my plants have died and come back to life so many times I’ve named them all Lazarus. I’ve never been able to figure out those fine lines … Continue reading
“Hear my prayer, O God; Give ear to the words of my mouth.” —Psalm 54:2 (NASB) There are few things more annoying than being near a parent who is ignoring a child. How often have you witnessed a little one, … Continue reading
So where have I been? Good question. I look back and can’t believe it’s so long since I’ve posted. It doesn’t make sense to me. Or perhaps it does. Writers are strange beings. We have a passion, a never-ending itch … Continue reading
I love Palm Sunday. I was born, too many years ago to disclose, on a Palm Sunday. Then, just days before my sixth birthday, I was born again on another Palm Sunday. It has always been a day of joy … Continue reading
For the past few years I’ve waited expectantly each January to found out Andy Wood’s “My One Word.” Instead of New Year’s resolutions (which, let’s face it, don’t usually last past January—or, for me, past the first week in January), … Continue reading
This time of year is always one of thanksgiving and expectation. Thanksgiving because, well, it’s Thanksgiving (and there’s always so much to be grateful for) and expectation because it’s a time of waiting (and when you’re waiting you’re always expecting … Continue reading
“Waterfall” Courtesy of Alexandra Whiteside I recently had the privilege of attending my friend Alexandra’s art show at a local gallery. She’s a remarkable lady with too many talents to list … She paints, she writes, she speaks, she teaches … Continue reading
So The Big One is coming. It seemed appropriate that It would fall on Good Friday this year. After all, that was the day when the world seemed to have come to an end, when it seemed all hope was … Continue reading
I’ve always been a daydreamer. As a lonely little girl, I couldn’t wait to be a teenager. Trudging through my melancholy teens, I dreamed of the day I would be a self-sufficient adult. I‘ve always been certain that everything in … Continue reading
I had second (and third) thoughts about attending my recent high school reunion. I hadn’t seen most of my former classmates in too many years to count, and — for the most part – I didn’t care. But there were … Continue reading
One Saturday afternoon a few years ago, I cried because my dream was too small. At a “destiny” conference presented by Billy Godwin I felt myself growing smaller and smaller as I heard the dreams of other folks and was … Continue reading
I’ve been blessed to have more than my fair share of heroes—people I admire, respect, trust completely … love. I was a Daddy’s girl, and he was the first dragon slayer in my life. But when I was seven years … Continue reading
So we come barreling up the driveway in our huge Ford pickup truck happy to be home after a long day at work. Rod brakes suddenly when a white-chested bird flies up, flapping furiously and making some noise best described … Continue reading
For once we weren’t in a hurry to get where we were going, and so we patiently waited as gray boxcars chugged by against a gray sky. Rain pelted the windshield while we listened to the radio and chatted, watching … Continue reading
I miss Helen Atwood. Whether you know Helen or not doesn’t matter. I hope you’re blessed to know someone with her gift. Um … talent? Skill? I should back up a bit. I’ve been a bit angst-y lately. (Yes, I … Continue reading
Don’t tell me you haven’t wanted to do it too — just reach right through your monitor into cyberspace and slap someone for something he/she’s written. Well, I read a blog post a few days ago — and I so … Continue reading
Last weekend, I headed out to Chincoteague Island—a beautiful little place on Virginia’s eastern shore—to help my dad with an event. I made an attractive flyer and figured I’d take along a few of my books to sell—after all, these … Continue reading
Okay, so I started off the morning by falling. Yep. Tripped in the dark and walloped my head against the trunk that nestles against the foot of our antique bed. My husband, the sweet guy I was trying not to … Continue reading
Folks collect everything from hatpins to hubcaps. My brother-in-law collects old bottles and antique trains. My brother collects Disney animated movies. My son used to be a philatelist and a numismatist, which are fancy words for stamp and coin collector. … Continue reading