Tag Archive | relationships
Just Listen
I’m back after Realm Makers (well almost). I’m in Las Vegas nursing a Realm Makers and too much food at the Paris buffet hangover. This was my third Realm Makers and my focus was on coordinating volunteers (my official role), pitching, mentoring appointments, and catching up with my people. On the surface, I’m the bubbly […]
My New Favorite Hero
I have a new favorite hero (sort of). If you’ve followed me on NAF for any length of time, you will know that my ultimate hero is Gilbert Blythe from the Anne of Green Gables series. That has not changed, at all. You just cannot top the handsome, intelligent, earnest, and hard-working Gilbert. He missed […]
Fresh Starts
“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.” C.S. Lewis
An Extrovert Among Introverts – The Good, the Great, and the Never Again
At one point during Realm Makers, I sat with a fellow extrovert and we started counting. Of the 180 attendees, the count was 11 by the end of the conference, the count soared to 13. By this proportion, NAF is teeming with writerly extroverts. Brittany Valentine is another in this count. Even among us extroverts, our […]
Less observant than a kindergartner
I may presume myself to be smarter than a fifth grader, but there are many types of intelligence, and on at least one of them I failed to rise to the level of a kindergartner. Not some hypothetical kindergartner or an average of all kindergartners, but a specific kindergartner who showed me up in the […]
The gift of your honest self
Remember on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, how Mr. Rogers would come in and change his coat and shoes at the beginning of every episode? He would hang up his suit coat and put on a sweater, and then he’d take off his dress shoes and put on sneakers. The folks at The Fred Rogers Company explain: […]
Good Parenting=Public Displays of Affection?
I saw this picture yesterday and had to laugh, because my husband and I are totally like this. We are constantly holding hands, kissing, snuggling, and generally canoodling, at home, in front of the kids, and in public. My best friend has a complete opposite point of view. She’s an adamant non-PDA-er. On New Year’s, […]
Shopping
I love shopping. I know. I know. Most women do, but I am not most women. I tend to look at shopping more like a sport. The object of the game is to get the best quality for the least amount. Every other Tuesday, my girls and I go on the hunt in our small […]
The New Authors Fellowship 