Someone recently called me a strange bird. When I was younger, this would have thrown me into throes of self doubt, but now I laugh. Mostly. Of course, when someone makes a comment like that, I automatically scroll back through my mind, wondering. Is it because I talk too fast, dart in and out of […]
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This year I tried something new. I joined the Advanced Writers and Speakers Association, an association of Christian women, and traveled to Lexington, Kentucky, with my sweet husband to attend the AWSA conference. Ivan spent a day and a half watching the baby while I attended workshops and made connections with other Christian women writers
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Believe it or not, Turtle Heart turns 1 year old today. I don’t think I could have thought of a better birthday gift for her than winning a Golden Scroll award. She took third place in the memoir category. I want you to buy a copy of Turtle Heart. Not because she won an award,
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With Grandpa Jonas gone and Grandma Dorothy moved to Iowa, the Kinsinger siblings decided to distribute Grandpa’s leftover possessions–much of it still from the years he was married to his first wife, Ida–through a family auction. The siblings traveled from their respective homes for three days of sorting, discussing, and boxing. On a Sunday near
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This morning my heart was smitten to see my daughter standing on the little stool her daddy made for her, peering out the window in her jammies, teddy bear clasped in one arm. Here are some other things that have given me joy lately: The new-old granite-topped cabinet and setting hen Ivan and I purchased
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