Sticks and Stones…

I never have liked that little rhyme, because for the most part, it isn’t true. Words are very hurtful, and they can never be taken back. Do you think before you speak? Another ouch. (Yes, we’re ALL guilty.) We’ve dealt with a situation for a while now where a family has lied about us and said some very negative things. …

How Many Pages? Our New Reading Contest!!

I have had a LOT of interest in the reading contest I challenged you all to last month. So, here is another reminder and more info. Keep track of the title, author, and number of pages for the books that you read. And ALL books count. If you are a pre-school teacher and read a stack of books each day …

Please! Turn Down the Music!

We live in a neighborhood that is under construction (in fact, we were the first house in the neighborhood) – a LOT of construction. This morning, I was editing the chapter I wrote yesterday, and music blaring from the home-site behind us kept interrupting my train of thought. Let’s just be honest, it was driving me nuts. We’ve had a …

AnnaSophia

A few months ago, I had the privilege of meeting another incredible Mom. I had spoken to their group and she approached me afterward with this precious, beautiful, little baby girl in her arms. The baby girl is AnnaSophia Berry. I’d like to ask you all to pray for AnnaSophia and the Berry family. AnnaSophia has gone through more medically …

Promises, Promises by Amber Miller

I’m pleased to be a part of my good friend – Amber Miller’s – blog tour! Amber Miller is a new author with Barbour Publishing’s line: Heartsong Presents. Her first title: Promises, Promises released to the book club in February and is in bookstores now in July! AND — the second title in her Delaware Brides series – Quills and …

Our EMHE episode on YouTube

I have probably a couple of hundred requests a week for people looking for our episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Well, I have good news – thanks to one of our students from Anchorage – we discovered that our episode in its entirety is on YouTube. To find it:go to www.YouTube.com – and in the search box type “Extreme …

Flying Through the Water

We’ve had the awesome privilege to be at the Olympic Trials for Swimming in Omaha, Nebraska. What fun it has been! We’ve watched Michael Phelps, Katie Hoff, Natalie Coughlin, and countless others in their pursuit of their Olympic dreams – and in the process World Records have been broken and lives have been inspired. One thing that never ceases to …