Category: 31days

A Universal Story

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It’s been a year now since Liz and I attended the Storyline conference. It’s been a crazy, ridiculous year in a lot of ways. I hope and pray that I’m living a better story today than I was when we first went to Nashville last year. There have been great strides and great setbacks, as…

Changes & Intentionality

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I started this Intentional Blogging Challenge with Jeff Goins thinking it would just be about building up the discipline of writing regularly. Two days in and I couldn’t be more wrong, in the best way possible. Day One: Update or Create Your About Me Page. You can read my updated page here. Day Two: Finding…

Book or Movie: Hunger Games Trilogy

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As I write this, the first two movies of the Hunger Games series are out. So, I will talk about those first and then my hopes, dreams and wishes for Mockingjay (even though it makes me crazy that they split the book into two movies. Seriously). In the interest of time and space, I will…

Book Review: Queen of Someday

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note: I received an advance copy of Queen of Someday from NetGalley and the Publishing House in exchange for an honest review First things first: I totally picked this book based on the cover. I thought it was beautiful and intriguing, so I thought the book would be worth reading. I didn’t know until I…

Book Review: Queen of Someday

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note: I received an advance copy of Queen of Someday from NetGalley and the Publishing House in exchange for an honest review First things first: I totally picked this book based on the cover. I thought it was beautiful and intriguing, so I thought the book would be worth reading. I didn’t know until I…

#madm linkup: Food Pantries

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It’s time for another Make a Difference Monday Linkup! Today I want to talk a little bit about canned goods – and how I just have too many of them in my house. Honestly, if you looked in my pantry, you’d be shocked at what you saw. I don’t consider myself a hoarder, but Tim…

Days of Rest

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Sunday afternoons are my favorite. Sunday mornings are busy with church work, volunteer responsibilities and a busy spouse. But Sunday afternoons? They are for naps. They are for catching up on family time. They are for enjoying each other. They are for football. They are for playing games. They are for naps (wait, I already…

The Reviewing Life

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If you know much about me, you know how much I want to work in a library someday. To say I kind of love books would be a gross understatement and just silly. In fact, I love libraries and books so much that I went back to school and got my LTA (Library Technical Assistant)…

Writing 101: Write What You Know?

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Do you remember the first piece of writing advise you were ever given? I do. “Write what you know.” And, I do understand the point. The blank page can be scary. It can be intimidating and frustrating and feel like there is so much to do. It can be overwhelming, so someone told me to…

Book or Movie: The Fault in Our Stars

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I usually try to avoid anything “trendy” when it comes to talking and writing, but really…this book and this movie…OH THE FEELS. So many emotions all at once. First, the book: If I’m being completely honest, I didn’t even really want to read this book. I mean, it’s a book about teenagers dying of cancer….