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Most people were shocked when quintessential funny guy Robin Williams committed suicide. How could someone so gifted at making people laugh be so sad and broken inside? It’s easy to make the assumption that funny people are happy people, but this isn’t necessarily true. Some of the greatest artists are inspired by deep emotional pain. I know my own writing …
Don’t you find, more often than not, an ending is needed for new beginnings? We can’t start a new chapter or season in our lives until the old has passed. I was thinking about a conference Chris and I attended many years ago. It was appropriately named Storyline, and it was the title that caught my attention. As a newly …
It was on our second day driving home from California when Chris announced, “I can’t wait to be back to our old routine.” I concurred. He had flown out to northern California on September 1st, so by the time we pulled into our driveway in Tennessee on Friday afternoon, he’d been gone for twenty-five days—nearly a month. I’d flown out …
Procrastinate. [proh-kras-tuh-neyt] (verb) To put off till another time; defer; delay. You may remember from grammar school that a verb is an action word. I have to admit, when I’m in procrastinate-mode, I am very active—trying to avoid what it is I should be doing. Chores that didn’t seem all that important suddenly become my primary focus. Soap scum in …
Mother-in-law woes are as old as… well… Moses. However, I dubbed mine a Little Irish Angel years ago for good reason. Near the end of September, we were scheduled for a week-long visit with this sweet 91-year-old, but when we realized she was having health challenges, our schedule went out the window. One week became six. Most can get along …
For the last few weeks, my husband and I have parked ourselves in my mother-in-law’s home. Mom lives in a very nice retirement community in the heart of California’s wine country—Sonoma County. There is more down time here than we’re used to, which is why we spend an inordinate amount of time taking walks. Oddly, we don’t see many people …
We sat in the front row of the Wednesday night Bible lesson because that’s where we sat on Sunday after worship service. And the Wednesday before. And the Sunday before that—which was the first time we’d been in this classroom. Wednesday nights, the church serves dinner and then everyone disperses. Some to choir practice, some to teach the kids and …
Success means different things to different people. When I first dreamed of being a novelist, I was reading authors like Danielle Steel and Nora Roberts. I remember when I was pregnant with my daughter, who is now 32, I read an article about Danielle Steel. She had seven children at the time, and had a full-time nanny so she could …
Back in February, I stepped into what I thought was a temporary position (no more than two months) at my husband’s office. I was nervous because I didn’t know if I would be more help or hindrance. Running the front desk at a busy chiropractic practice wasn’t exactly one of my goals in life, nor did I think I’d be …
This summer has been a whirlwind of activity. We’re in week ten of a ten-week remodel project, I completed my latest novel last Thursday and my husband’s been working more than ever. Aside from a four-day road trip to visit family, we haven’t done much relaxing. I don’t write this to complain—it is what it is. We all make choices. …
