You tell people you wrote a book. What’s the follow-up question to this? “When are you going to get it published?” Am I right? They say: “It’s so easy now, right, with Amazon and everything? You just put it out there?” Wellllllll, not exactly. I’m going to do my best to summarize the steps to getting published—both the “indie” route… Read More
This post was written many months ago when I hit a rather low point. My husband and I were trying to conceive our second child. I wrote it for myself. For my own therapy. But I thought I’d share it in hopes that my experience would perhaps speak to someone else and provide some sort of encouragement. Encouragement for not… Read More
I’ve been keeping a secret. (Not a dirty one or a baby—so don’t get too worked up). I would probably continue keeping it a secret if it weren’t for God (via my husband) pressing me to tell the “world.” Soooo, here it goes… I did this thing. I wrote a novel. (Technically, a manuscript as it is unpublished). A novel! Girl,… Read More
In the middle of the night, my child’s cry reaches my sound-asleep body, rousing me from my stupor. Despite my sluggish mind, my body jumps out of bed at warp-speed, carelessly slamming into the footboard of our giant sleigh bed. (Wanting it to always feel like Christmas by sleeping in a giant sleigh bed has its downfalls). It’s pitch black… Read More
I want to preface this post by saying I don’t have all the answers. I am not the sagest person, nor will I ever pretend to be. However, I believe in helping others through my own personal experiences and hope that some of these posts will encourage you, open up new discussions within your own home, or perhaps provide a… Read More
I don’t want to say this is about me. But this is about me. I built this website to serve as my new creative outlet. The subtitle for this blog is called, All of Me. The name came to me in the middle of night (when I do my best creative thinking). I had been praying for a while, specifically… Read More
