I’ve always heard bad luck comes in threes. Don’t you believe it! It comes in waves. Tsunami-sized tidal waves with a single goal: to drown you. Alzheimer’s nightmarish months leading up to the death of my mother in June; the blood, sweat … [Read more...]
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The Ride is Over
July 20, 2018 by
It’s been a little over a month since Mama died; the rollercoaster ride through hell had ended. A month. Hard to believe. Every day has been stuffed full with the cleaning out my parents’ house... trip after trip to the landfill, boxes and … [Read more...]
Rollercoaster through Hell
March 13, 2018 by
The weather echoes my mood. Dense fog and dreariness. Days… no, weeks of it. The wettest February we’ve had in recent history. It doesn’t help that I have the flu, and that my husband will be flying to the other side of the world in a couple of … [Read more...]
Gold at the End of the “Bean-bow”
September 5, 2017 by
My grandson is three now. Time marches on, sometimes stomping, marking the passage in loud even steps, but mostly sneaking past on sock-footed tiptoes, surprising me with its silent, relentless pace. Now he’s three, but in a blink, he’ll be starting … [Read more...]
Presenting…Nicki Greenwood
August 31, 2017 by
Please join me in welcoming Nicki Greenwood. Hi Nicki. We're so glad to have you visit with us today. I'd like to ask you a few questions for you so my readers can learn a little about you. Let's get started. Can you tell us who your favorite … [Read more...]
Half-Moon Lake
July 14, 2017 by
Newest GRITS novel - Half-MoonLake When Kathryn Dorne is summoned to Half-Moon Lake for the reading of her father’s will, she discovers a shocking truth: everything in her life—including her name—is a lie. Learning that her name is Katelyn … [Read more...]
A Year Later….
July 6, 2017 by
This time last year Ethan was in ICU fighting for his life. I find myself alternating between thanking God for his healing and crying as I remember the scariest two weeks this mama has ever experienced. He was septic…a mysterious, very rare … [Read more...]
Blessings in Disguise
March 31, 2017 by
I can think now. The constant bumps and thumps, the rhythmic pounding from morning until four or five in the afternoon—an entire week of it—is finally over. Now I can meditate and mull over the way God supplies, the way He works all things … [Read more...]
Beauty from a “Beast”
March 1, 2017 by
THIS is the wood for the floors? I thought to myself, incredulous, horrified. It had to be the ugliest wood I’dever seen. Ragged ends, split and gnawed off, knot-holed. <Groan> What a mistake! A huge mistake. But, I’m getting ahead of myself. … [Read more...]
