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May 2015 Desktop Calendar Available!
Welcome to May, a month of spring flowers, graduation ceremonies, and outdoor weddings! Our oldest daughter graduated today and our oldest son gets married later this month. By the end of June, I will have been mother of the groom not once, but twice! What events fill...
Not a Friendship Fraud today at (in)courage
I recently submitted my second book to my publisher, a compilation of stories on friendship to be released next year. After spending time collecting tales of close relationships — months in which I worked more than I socialized — I announced to my husband that I was,...
Meet Me in Macon Tomorrow!
Meet me for a book signing this Thursday, April 30, at Bodega Interiors in Macon, GA. We'll have lunch and sweet tea, and fellow (in)courage author and book contributor Robin Dance and I will read excerpts from The Beauty of Grace. During the book signing there will...
Listen to Your Mother, Y’all!
Although I eventually gave birth to four girls and four boys, my husband and I invested 10 years in this parenting gig before welcoming a daughter into our home. Our first three children were boys, which was how my husband's family rolled: his mother and grandmother...
Atlanta Arts Watch
One of the things I love about Atlanta is the variety of available cultural events. This week Blue Man Group plays the Fox Theatre Tuesday-Sunday, April 7-12, as part of the Broadway in Atlanta series and the Libera Boys Choir finishes their mini-U.S. tour at the...
April 2015 Desktop Calendar!
Spring has arrived with all kinds of crazy in my world: a graduation and two weddings! I've taken cap and gown pictures for the seniors in our homeschool group at our house this week. There's so much change, wonder, and emotion packed into that one word: graduation....
It’s Time to Dust Off Your Camera! today at (in)courage
My camera and I tend to hibernate in the winter, when the temperature is low and the scenery bland. But spring’s arrival brings mild temperatures and fresh sights sure to lure us outdoors. Here are four compelling reasons to dust off your camera and get out there and...
Picks & Pans: Movies, Music & More
I stay pretty busy and I'll bet you do too! Life can be crazy hectic and sometimes we just need a break. I take my entertainment seriously and I thought it would be fun to share more often about movies, music, Netflix and Amazon Prime offerings, and podcasts, both...
March 2015 Desktop Calendar
My first instinct was to use a photo from a couple of weeks ago for this month's desktop calendar, when the world was covered in ice, until my girls came in from walking the dog this morning and said it feels like spring. Spring! And we've still got the soggy remains...
When We’re Afraid to Trust Him: Today at (in)courage
My daughter and I slip into the welcome center just minutes before closing time. We’ve driven my son back to school in Mississippi, and this is the final state line to cross on our journey home. As we race back to the car, I giggle like a child, focused more on...
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