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Writing Fiction with Happy Endings: Who Is Driving?

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Writing Fiction with Happy Endings. Writing that encourages others. Thursday, September 11, 2014. Writing – A strange Affair. Writing is a journey. An author starts out with an idea, knowing where the characters are going. We get in a car, aka favorite chair, start the engine and slowly go on down the road with an acute sense of where we are headed and journal the scenes for the reader as we go along on this wonderful trip of creating a story. So, with a light heart I begin. The story is moving along...

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Life is a Song: September 2013

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Life is a Song. So many stories to share. Was just thinking about how a lot of my friends and some loved ones are struggling financially. This is not the easiest time for everyone. Unemployment being higher than any other time besides the great depression. My own family has gone through some serious setbacks in the last few years. Having to settle for making less than we did 15 years ago to work our way back up the ladder. We are on the hard road. the path of most resistance. My husband is back in school...

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Life is a Song: Books on the Brain

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Life is a Song. So many stories to share. Books on the Brain. A writer's life is an interesting one. Currently excited about my newest book coming out at the end of this month. Daughters of the Valley. I will have 4 books published. unbelievable! Taking a moment to step back and consider all that is happening and realizing how thankful I am for the opportunity to have this career. My encouragement to all those that have a dream. Go for it. Use your spare time wisely and make it happen. Http:/ http:/ quer...

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Life is a Song: June 2014

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Life is a Song. So many stories to share. I don't have pretty hands. I never have. My fingers are not long and elegant. I had a really hard time learning to play guitar and I could not reach a full octave on a piano keyboard. I accepted long ago that my hands were my hands. No big deal to just face what is as what is. I am pretty practical that way. Something has built up inside of me over the last decade or so. I have had many jobs using my hands. A mother - to hold and comfort my child. The verse gives...

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Life is a Song: November 2013

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Life is a Song. So many stories to share. Thankful - this writer's year. It’s always a big day when you get your book in the mail. Today was that way again for me. The box came… filled with something I made. It is more than a little exciting and overwhelming, knowing how much work and heart went into something. The journey to write this book was so much longer than I wanted it to be. There is one thing I didn’t add to this last book - the real thank you list. I was still undiagnosed, in the land of myste...

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Life is a Song: January 2015

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Life is a Song. So many stories to share. Life - The Big Tests! I was pretty sure that by the time I was 40 I would have everything figured out. I am sure that everyone 40 and over would laugh along with me. I am coming to the conclusion that there is no magic age or situation that makes us suddenly there. that magical place where everything is easy and managable. There are a few circumstances in every person I know that tests them. The health problems, or kid problems, or job problems, or family problems.

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Finding a place of intentional rest… |

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Free Yoga…At a Cost. Something Good →. Finding a place of intentional rest…. August 29, 2013. For those of you who know me well, you may dub me the “Queen of Overcommitment”. It’s a weakness that I have struggled with for many years. I am a “striver”. I want to donate every spare ounce of my money and time, and then some. It wasn’t until recently that I came to realize that my continuous overcommitment was, in fact, a sin. Lysa TerKeurst of Proverbs 31 Ministries shared on her Facebook yesterday:. 3 thou...

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Writing Fiction with Happy Endings: October 2013

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Writing Fiction with Happy Endings. Writing that encourages others. Sunday, October 27, 2013. Life is busy isn’t it? I’m tempted right at the beginning to make a list of everything we do, but I am going to refrain. Because I would like to paint a word picture for you. What do you notice as you walk through your daily routine? Our minds have the ability to process. Our eyes to see things. Even from our busy viewpoint,. We choose what we notice. Then we make assumptions. Are you getting the picture? Okay, ...

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U2’s Bono interview about Christ | No Apologizing

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But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect. 1 Peter 3:15. U2’s Bono interview about Christ. Posted by Dr. Robert Eshleman. On February 24, 2011. And can be found at this link. Christians in a rock band? My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ. Christ teaches that God is love. What does that mean? A list of instructio...