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If you're a subscriber, you know I finished my manuscript and sent it off to my editor last week. All I can say about that is I'm glad it's in someone else's court and now I can turn my attention to Thanksgiving, my favorite holiday. Thank you for praying me through this first big step of …
Continue Reading about The Cat is Out of the Bag | A Behind-the-Scenes Story
I met Laura at Laity Lodge in Texas, just a few years ago. We walked together on the dusty roads there, and we worshiped together in the great lodge. One night, beneath a velvet sky, generously scattered with stars that looked like diamonds, Laura and I, along with Laura's friend Vea, leaned against …
You can blame Wynton Marsalis for this one. Right here, at the beginning, I should say I'm going to talk about sex, so you can click away now if that news makes you queasy. For a long, long time, I've wanted to write about sex. I want to write and talk about sex the same way I want to write and …
I'm writing this on a Monday morning, a day when, around the globe, people are starting their week with a cup of tea or coffee or water, and—for many of us—a peek at social media. We'll check our emails and we will check Facebook and Instagram and Twitter and Buzzfeed. We will catch up on the latest …
Continue Reading about A Monday Morning Reminder About the Internet
Crammed into my mother-in-law's condo, our family created makeshift beds and regressed to sleeping partnerships we hadn't utilized in decades. My son slept in the king-sized bed with my husband, my daughter on a couch on one side of the fireplace, and I claimed a day bed on the other side. My …
Continue Reading about What If Grief Opens Us Up? | Rare Bird, a Giveaway
In 2008, when I started blogging, I thought I was simply taking up a hobby and creating a space to find my footing in a pretty yucky season of my life. If you're a blogger, or if you're a blog reader, you know how one click leads to another and, before you know it, you've met people you never would …
