He Told Me I'd Be Famous, and He Was Wrong (Embracing Intentional Obscurity and Book Promotion)
image credit: sonoma.edu Just before my book came out last year, a well-known person who’d read it sent me a personal email and said,...
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Daringly Honest Thoughts About God, Life and People
- Feb 4, 2014
- 2 min
What I’d Want You to Know if I Died Today (Yeah, This is Weird)
Image credit: alsglobal.com When plane passengers experience strong wind turbulence, they do what comes naturally. Some pray, some panic....
- Dec 16, 2013
- 2 min
Why I Don’t Want My Daughters to Have High Self Esteem
Because sometimes those with “high self esteem” have low others-esteem. Because if my girls grow up to think highly of themselves but are...
- Oct 31, 2013
- 2 min
A Jehovah’s Witness Came to My Door Today
She was short and stout, and her face showed her years. Hair was tied in a scarf, and the wind blew her skirt around shoes made for those...
- Oct 29, 2013
- 1 min
When People Make You Want to Quit
“This is too hard. I want to quit.” Those were the words I said to Dave last night. Even as it left my lips, I knew I didn’t mean it. I...
- Jun 20, 2013
- 2 min
Why I’m Not Mad at God (Thoughts on Unemployment)
(This is a blog post from years ago, during an extended time of unemployment for my husband.) Yesterday. Rain, grey skies, and a phone...
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