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Blood of Life
Earlier today our family received an unexpected gift. What we thought last night was a dead caterpillar, actually turned out to be a glorious butterfly by the time we woke this morning. A couple weeks...
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A Writing Mom’s Summer Survival Guide
I have a love-hate relationship with summer. Everything about it wears me out. If I’m not shuttling the kids back and forth to camps, then I’m sitting in a pool of my own sweat, waiting for them to...
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Blind Ambition
Once upon a time there was a girl who wanted to audition for her school musical. Feeling awkward and somewhat unsure in her 13-year-old body, she sat outside the choir room in the stark and cold...
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The Law of Attraction: If Oprah Believes in It, So Can You
About a year and a half ago I adamantly told my agent over coffee that when I got published, I would speak at writers’ conferences, book clubs and the like, and read excerpts of my novels to readers...
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Ack! Get This Materialism Off Me.
Ah Christmastime in Texas. The sun is shining, the wind’s whipping through the trees and the temperature is a expected to only reach the high 60s today – a welcome change to the recent stretch of the...
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7 Signs That Snow Is Falling In Texas
Credit: Brooke Roney/Courtesy wfaa.com It snowed last night. Er … actually, it flurried. No make that a light dusting. Regardless of the amount, some white frozen stuff touched down in my Texas...
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Ignorance Is Bliss When You’re 8 Years Old
As the news unfolded yesterday about the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, my husband and I moved through our day in a state of increasing malaise. As more details emerged, the...
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Yes, Virginia – It’s True. Texas Got Snow For Christmas
Photo courtesy of my front yard. As a native Texan, I usually know better than to put a lot of faith in the weather forecast when it calls for snow. Too many times growing up I got my heart broken when...
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Numb Butt Cheeks And Holding Steadfast To Peace
My sons thunder through the kitchen in a swirl of Saturday morning energy and excitement to tag along with my husband on an errand run. “Boys only” bellows my four-year-old. I smile. “OK, sweetie. You...
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Epic Fail: Why I Was Destined To Flub My Husband’s Birthday Cake
A beautiful disaster. Failure is a scary word to me. For most of my life, I’ve carried around the belief that failure is not an option – in anything. I’ve also battled a heavy tendency toward...
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