My girl is on K-Love! I first met Kayleigh at one of the Teen MOPS meeting. She was 15 when she had her first daughter MaCayla. At 18, she had Audrie-Onna. At 19 our Teen MOPS group, with the help of Hope Pregnancy Center, gave Kayleigh at wedding. That same year both her and Nathan… [Continue Reading]
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BELIEVE IN MIRACLES . . . THEY HAPPEN
Last night I attended a fundraising banquet for Hope Pregnancy Center. Hundreds of people were in attendance, which awed me. Especially, because the vision started less than ten years ago in the heart of three women–one of them mine.When we started Hope Pregnancy Center, we had nothing. No, I take that back. We had one… [Continue Reading]
Opening lines…
I’ve discovered you can tell a lot from the opening lines of a book. The opening is a promise of what’s to come. A promise of mystery, or romance, or intrigue. Here are some first lines you might be familiar with. See if you can guess what they are. (Answers are at the bottom of… [Continue Reading]
Guest Blogger Stacy L. Harp
This is a great article from Stacy’s recent newsletter. She was kind enough to let me share it with you… Becoming Sold Out This week I wanted to talk to you about being sold out because I often am asked by authors how they can sell all of their books. In fact, many when they… [Continue Reading]
It’s March already?
I can’t believe it’s March already. Somebody, please tell me that there has been a mistake. It’s REALLY only January 10th, and two months have not passed since I made my New Years Resolutions … the ones I quickly forgot about. Of course, not that my resolutions HAVE to center on the New Year. In… [Continue Reading]
Homestudy
Well, I’m happy to report that homestudy went extremely well. It was painless, actually! And the more we talked with the social worker, the more excited I became. We will have another daughter, it’s just a matter of a little more paperwork and a lot of time waiting. (We’re looking at 1 1/2 years still!)… [Continue Reading]
This Is My Life
Today, I don’t have time for a long post because in a few hours the social worker will be arriving to start the homestudy concerning about adoption. For those of you who don’t know, my husband and I are in the process of adopting a baby girl from China. And this homestudy is another step… [Continue Reading]
Running a Tight Ship
I had to laugh the other day at a comment my son’s friend made. As I buzzed around the kitchen directing the two 16-year-old boys as they unloaded the car from Costco, Cory’s friend said, “Yeah, things are a little more relaxed at my house.” “Are you saying that things are uptight around here?” I… [Continue Reading]