Pictures from my writers retreat in NC!

Pictures from my writers retreat in NC!

What a well needed respite. God must’ve known I needed the ocean! And I’d not seen the Atlantic from the US side! (I said hello to it in Portugal instead). Pictured are five of us authors, the neighborhood the beach house lived, the boardwalk to Sunset...

Friends part four

Eternal perspective extends friendships forever Our friendships today whet our appetites for heaven. Speaking with my friend Sue on the phone is painful—in that I’d rather the conversation not end. Having a Mexican lunch with Renee feels cut short. Receiving a funny...

Claudia Interrupted

Once I knew a woman who was a shell of a person. She’d been utterly drained of her humanity and had no idea who she was. So I made up a story about her, about why she was the way she was. I only started it, didn’t finish. I wonder if I’m the only...

Two Book Reviews: Seahorse and Violet

A Seahorse on the Thames, by Susan Meissner, is a beautiful story of love, forgiveness, memory, and hope. Meissner’s characters are so real, I can hear their voices as I read. She paints folks as flawed, yet yearning—needy, yet strong. I wanted her protagonist, Alexa...