I’ve waited fourteen years to return to Russia. Four weeks from today, Daylen and I will be there. My dad took me on my first international trip to Russia as a young teen to deliver Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes to orphans. During that trip, my heart packed its bags and moved into a… Continue reading
In author interviews, I’m frequently asked, “If you couldn’t be a writer, what would you do?” This week, I finally figured it out. (Tweet this!) Hubby and I celebrated an early anniversary by going to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park in Orlando, Florida. Many of you know I’m… Continue reading
O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am! Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah. (Ps. 39:4-5)… Continue reading
Last week, I shared 10 goals on my fiction bucket list with you, which I loved and can’t seem to stop adding to it. (To see my full fiction bucket list, visit my Pinterest page!) I thought it only fitting to share some goals from my life bucket list. As… Continue reading
(This is the third post of my sea cook adventure. Click to read the first installment and the second installment.) How many times have you embarked on an adventure and, partway through thought, “What have I gotten myself into?” Every adventure has an upside and downside. Most of the time,… Continue reading
(This is the second post of my sea cook adventure. For the first post, please go here.) I’m not sure what sea cooks of old planned for meals, but I’m betting it wasn’t PB&Js, pot pies, or fettucini pasta. I’m also betting sea cooks didn’t keep log books. I… Continue reading
Adventure is both a noun and verb. I like the verb version best. “I’m going adventuring,” not “I’m going on an adventure,” although both are perfectly acceptable. Inside my chest is a tiny adventure gremlin. It spends about six months to a year growing and sharpening its little claws before it… Continue reading
This week, I have the privilege to attend the Colorado Christian Writer’s Conference in Estes Park, CO. I’ve attended four times and each year left me with a renewed determination to better my writing. I once thought attending the same conference could only take my skills so far, but God… Continue reading
