This past September my first novel, Emma and the Reasons, released. It’s girly and funny (and maybe a bit silly) and hopefully encouraging in some unexpected ways. And besides all that—do you see this fun collection of gifts in the photo? They are all connected to Emma and her roommates in some way, and I…
Have you ever read a book and thought, “I’m pretty sure if I knew this writer in person we’d be close friends?” Yeah, that’s how I felt when I first picked up the book, Upside Down by Shannon Guerra. Her writing was so real, so honest, so hilariously funny…I knew if we ever met the…
I’ve been thinking lately about names. If you’ve read my book, Counting Grains of Sand, you know my husband and I had a girl’s name picked out almost from the day we married. Lizzie. But then we couldn’t have children. When we received the phone call about our daughter, when they told us her…
My grandmother died the night before my 33rd birthday. Considering that she was 91 years old, it was expected in some ways. Yet, it still seemed a surprise because, well, of course she’s always been there. She lived with my parents for almost a decade so my visits with my mom always included her. The…
My favorite part about Christmas is the reminder to trace the story again. To remember exactly who Jesus is and what He is doing. It’s why I wrote my advent book, Christmas! which takes children through the story from Genesis to Revelation– reminding them that God promised to make a way for us to be…
I remember it. I remember crying through the night and hating myself when I looked in the mirror and feeling betrayed and lost and hopeless and like there was no reason to even take another breath. It wasn’t every moment, but the waves of depression would come and settle, sometimes for weeks at a time….
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