Need a great present idea for your child? My friend Jana recommends these dolls highly…the Good News Bible Kids come in both male and female doll versions. They have Bible names and they teach 15 Bible verses in song, the New Testament book song, and The Lord’s Prayer.
Jana’s girls were given one this past Christmas, [...]
Archive for April, 2007
Researching Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Published by April 27th, 2007 in Health and Writing. 11 CommentsI received the first of four research books I’d ordered on PTSD, a subject I find fascinating fortunately, because the heroine in my book seems to be suffering from it. It’s been interesting to see the statistics on who is more susceptible to react drastically to trauma…women more than men, younger [...]
Post, Movie, Book Recommendations
Published by April 26th, 2007 in Book Recommendations, Christianity and Writing. 9 CommentsToday is my day for posting at Writer…Interrupted. My post is titled, Writers and Parents. It’s mostly a parenting post, with connections writers will identify with.
On the home front, dh and I have been working every evening on our deck. We finally got the undergirding finished and have been laying the floor–16′ 2×6 boards. We [...]
My cowboy’s breakfast, lunch, or supper of choice. And from the women friends I’ve discussed it with, this is a pretty universal favorite among men. The point is, I’ve learned two valuable things about homemade chicken fried steak and farm eggs that I want to pass along today…
When using farm eggs, always crack them into a [...]
If you’re human, then you’ve felt discouragement, disillusionment. You’ve sometimes felt far away from God. You’ve wondered what the master plan was and when someone was going to clue you in. Especially in times of suffering.
But it’s not the Christian’s job to question. Our job is to trust. Trust is faith in action.
As you read [...]
Someday…that’s what I think when I see writing offices such as this one of Deborah Raney’s. Magazine pretty. It helps to know she started out hand-writing her novels, progressed to using a Mac at her kitchen table (yes, even putting it away each night so supper could fill the table instead)…that’s commitment, and I’m so [...]
My daughter learned the rewards of perseverance today…and I did too.
She had a book report to write, and even though it referenced a book she loved, she just really balked at getting it done. Messy handwriting, complaining about every step in the process. It didn’t help that today’s sunshine spilled onto the kitchen table whispering [...]
Toddlers in the Master Bedroom, Q&A
Published by April 17th, 2007 in Marriage and Parenting. 15 CommentsIn response to a letter from a friend questioning my comment here once that we still shared our room with our toddler:
Do they ever sleep with you?
We’ve never let our babies/toddlers sleep with us in our bed, only on certain occasions when they were really sick and I was getting up and down and [...]
Homemade Yogurt Recipe–It’s So Good For You
Published by April 16th, 2007 in Cooking and Food and Health. 16 CommentsHolly at Seeking Faithfulness has shared a simple-sounding homemade yogurt recipe! This is very good news…we love vanilla yogurt fruit parfaits…topped with granola if I have it. Yum.
Besides being a great source of protein, calcium, riboflavin and vitamin B12, yogurt helps boost the immune system by multiplying the good bacteria in your stomach.
In addition, I [...]
My 7 Minute Devotion
Published by April 15th, 2007 in Christianity, Family Ties and Writing. 8 CommentsWas that pixy-like voice completing sentences across the phone really my toddler’s? Being her primary caregiver (read full-time mommy) 24/7 I hadn’t realized how I’d taken her for granted till I called home this past weekend from the hotel to send her good night hugs and kisses. I’d never heard her via the phone lines, [...]
