best vacation stories

The High Calling is looking for your best vacation stories! Click here to read about how you can share yours (by the June 28 deadline). In the meantime, here’s one of my best stories — or, at least the one that seems to get repeated most frequently at...

introducing …

My friend Bronwyn Lea invited me to do a Writers’ Blog Hop with her.  A what?  Well, I’ll explain that in a minute, but first allow me to introduce Bronwyn.  You may have met her here before, actually.  Exactly a year ago, I re-posted a moving piece of...

the yucky parts

“Mo-om, why did you put this brown thing on the couch?!” my seven-year-old exclaimed with obvious disdain.  He was referring to the new slipcover I had bought earlier in the day. “Well, it covers all the yucky parts on the couch,” I explained. “I don’t like it,” he...

a letter to moms with young children

Dear mom of little ones, My daughter woke me up last night. Well, actually it was this morning.  The glaring red of the digital clock claimed it was 4:20. I believed it. She’s almost nine. Years, that is.  Not months. She knocked on the bedroom door and drew me out of...

celebrating the release of a promise in pieces

 Today I’m celebrating with Emily Wierenga on the release of her new novel, A Promise in Pieces. I had the privilege of reading an advance copy of this book, and it is delightful.  While Emily has written several non-fiction books, this is her first published...

an open letter to criticism

It has been my privilege to be part of a community group called (in)couraging Writers, through the lovely website and ministry, (in)Courage.One of our assignments in the group was to write a letter to our inner critic, specifically the voice that prevents us from...