I know a mother who lost four children when they were still tiny, their limbs and their features unformed. She wants badly to hold a child that is hers if for only an hour. But she will never know their faces, their genders, until heaven. She weeps. I know a mother who laid her four-month-old […]
One of my sisters, after reading Turtle Heart, commented on how her own perspective of some things we experienced together was very different than the perspective I revealed. For example, I write about feeling scared of my dad as a child. To her, Dad was the fun parent, and she never thought of feeling scared
There’s an odd question that has circled through my head more than once since I married Ivan. Was I good, I wonder, that God saw fit to give me a good Christian husband who loves me with all his heart and is oh so kind? Is God rewarding me? Or was I bad, that God
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Launch Week is over and all the busyness of getting a book published has lulled a bit. I still have writing and marketing tasks to work on, but they don’t feel urgent. As a sort of relaxing pseudo-vacation, I drove with Ivan to Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he attended Shed Builders Expo, and I took
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Four lovely ladies attended my book talk and signing at the local library today. They listened to me tell a little about my journey in getting Turtle Heart published, asked some great questions, and enjoyed the excerpts I read. This is really what writing is about–finding the ones who “get” your writing, whether in your
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