Photo 157899766 / Cherry Cherry Cake © Nonneljohnvilbar | Dreamstime.com I have a contract with a publisher, and my #1 goal for this summer is to finish writing my book, Life, Faith, and Saltwater Taffy. I am now getting back on track after a stretch during which I could not find the time or energy to write. I’ve been dealing with two very different issues, both of them draining. First, there’s my mother. She has…
There’s a word that I’ve been seeing and hearing a lot in the past few months, and that is hope. I thought about what it means and even wrote a first draft for a blog post. Then my mother took a bad fall and I set writing aside. However, that word wasn’t meant to stay sidelined. One day last week, my schedule was bookended with Zoom meetings. In…
The dark Northwest winters take a toll on me, and I think we can all agree that it's been a long year of pandemic. I was feeling tired and blah yesterday as I joined a Zoom meeting. Someone mentioned the importance of expressing gratitude to those around us and to God. Another person mentioned Ann Voskamp's book, 1,000 Gifts. It's a favorite of mine. But at that moment,…
Like many of you, the events at the nation’s capital last week have continued to run on auto-play in my head. I have tried to consider what happened and what led up to it from various viewpoints. I’ve wondered, “How could we get to this point?” “How can our country be so divided?” I keep coming back to this: our actions and responses depend on what we believe, and…