Last week I was at the Storyline Conference, which is pretty much the happiest place on Earth for creative people. Experiencing Storyline was the same thrill as watching…
Continue ReadingAfter twelve years of trying to figure out what it means to be a successful Writer, I’m finally learning a bit. I’m starting to realize that playing the…
Continue ReadingWhen our oldest daughter, Catie, was in Preschool, one of my friends taught the four-year-olds at her school. I ran into her the summer before Catie started in…
Continue ReadingThe kids and I handed out thousands of water cups at a triathlon Mike competed in this summer. Even though our family had a great day helping those…
Continue ReadingHello, Friends…. Just a quick question: have any of you gotten rid of Facebook? More and more, I think I’d be better without an account. Often, I…
Continue ReadingThis weekend our family headed down to Galveston for three days at the beach. We collected shells, took long family walks, ate delicious seafood dinners, did two museum…
Continue ReadingTo show how God helps us with scary problems, the Fifth Graders did chapel about David and Goliath and fear. Then each of them told about a Goliath…
Continue ReadingSam and Elisabeth are back in the same class this year. This means they’re spending every minute of every day together. They are bonded together like super glue.…
Continue ReadingMy friend, Bonnie, has been in a coma for several weeks. She is 31 years old. Even though Bonnie is a decade younger than me, she’s always…
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