I have read every book Carol Moncado has written. And in each one, I’m amazed at the way she ties each of the stories together, even if only in a small way. It makes it fun because you get to see characters popping in unexpectedly. I was touched by Gabe’s […]
Looking back at the foundations of my song of salvation I can see its beginning before I was born. I was adopted at birth, literally plucked from one family and placed into another. This providential shift in my life, although rooted in loss and grief, placed me on a direct […]
I have to confess that when people ask me my “favorites”, I almost always cringe. Even something as simple as a favorite color is hard to pick. I mean, really. Are you talking about a favorite color to use to decorate my living room or my bedroom? To wear out […]
Wow! It’s hard to believe this is already the fourth book in the series – the fifth if you count the prequel included in A Yuletide Regency Collection which released in November of this year. I love the way author Regina Scott ties the stories of this series together through […]
Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. I Corinthians 13:7 Do you have the kind of love that endures? I mean, really, truly lasts through situations that appear hopeless. The kind of love that returns blessing for cursing. The kind of love […]
“That’s my favorite color!” Favorites are important to our society. One of the ways we get to know one another is finding out favorite foods, colors, vacation destinations. Yet when it comes to people, it can hurt when the favorite is not you. I remember when I was in elementary […]
As I look around my house, there aren’t many things that scream “It’s Christmas!” according to the typical vision we see on Hallmark movies and such. It’s not that I don’t have a tree, I have a lovely artificial one in the attic and really beautiful ornaments in the closet. […]
I struggle with feelings of inadequacy. Not every minute of every day, but they are certainly there more than they should be. Failures, things I should have done, things I shouldn’t have, not having the appearance I wish I had. The list goes on and on and on. I know […]
I grew up in a Christian home and gave my life to Jesus as a young child. That’s a good thing, right? Definitely. And yet, being immersed in this Christian culture causes questions of its own. What would it be like to hear about Jesus for the first time? To feel that […]
New Releases Giveaways Did you know that there are book Giveaways on Goodreads all the time? Here is a link so you can explore. Recap from Last Week
I went on a date with a movie star. I was in ninth grade and had known Michael for a couple of years. He was in an after-school movie and if my memory serves me, he was the main character. We were friends and had actually been cast together in […]
Despite the fact that we had a very good fence around our backyard when I was growing up, our dogs were master escape artists. They apparently loved the wide open spaces and would wander far from our house whenever they were able to sneak out. My parents would then have […]