My daughters, Abigail and Finley, love to carry their most prized possessions from their rooms to the living room, and back to their rooms again throughout the day. A few years ago, when Abigail was around four years old, she would work extremely hard to carry it all in one trip (her stuffed animals, and blankets, and whatever else she prized at the time). I would encourage her to take multiple trips, since she had a lot she was transferring, but she wouldn’t have it. She wa

Writing books is challenging. Jacob is constantly reminding me that it’s one of the most cognitively difficult things a person can do. I remember sharing a picture similar to this one a little over a year ago where I shared about how God sometimes calls us to do difficult things. At the time, the difficult thing I felt called to was to write my bounty hunter book. I knew this novel would challenge me and push me. I really wanted to write a light-hearted small town romance, bu

After making tons of headway on my work-in-progress in February, I hit a bit of a block. My creativity depleted, and the pressure of my deadline had me feeling a bit discouraged. Not only that, but I found myself starting to worry about if anyone would actually like this story or not. Will my friends like it? Will the publisher like it? Will future readers like it? I was suffering from a severe case of the fear of man. And fear of man can be paralyzing. The thing is, as much

I've been contemplating how the new year brings on a feeling of a fresh start. Similar to the way a new morning brings on new mercies, only a little grander.

Life has been extra busy for myself since school started back up for the kids. It has been my goal to slow down as much as possible in the midst of all the chaos. Some ways I'm being purposeful with my time: 1. A social media break. I find that whenever I'm nursing, I tend to go on my phone a lot. I sit down to nurse, pull out my phone to give myself something to do, and before I know it, I have a screen addiction. So, for a certain amount of time, I took the apps off of my p