No matter what unwanted diagnosis or unfair outcome you might be facing, I hope the pages of The Last Ordinary Hour help you rediscover the wonder in your own life, recognize the holy in your every day, and remember—always—that there is no such thing as an ordinary hour.
Read MoreIt was a rookie writer’s mistake that cost me a lot. I was so busy creating I forgot the very practical—always back up. To the cloud. To a hard drive. To a thumb drive. Somewhere.
Read MoreIn a year where the daily news reminds us of all that is frightening and perilous in our world, it is especially comforting to stumble across a story that is quite frankly, miraculous.
Read MoreAlthough most of you reading this will be celebrating Thanksgiving this Thursday, my family’s major feast already happened on Thursday, November 5th.
Read MoreThis month, I found out the manuscript I have been writing for three years was rejected not by one publisher, but by eight publishing houses. It was, to say the least, a huge disappointment.
Read MoreMy dad died 22 years ago this week. Even as I write that sentence, I don’t believe it, yet I know it to be true. It is hard to imagine that the man who so loved his four granddaughters never saw them grow up.
Read MoreThis summer my daughter, Kailey, was turning 30. It was a milestone she both welcomed and dreaded. Like all of us, she had planned where she might be at 30 and while some of her expected goals had been achieved in three decades, others remained elusive.
Read MoreIn my book, The Hundred Story Home, and on this blog, you will hear me talk about “Trust the Whisper.” What exactly does that mean?
Read MoreThe coronavirus has stopped so many things in our lives from the basics like hugs and handshakes to big life events such as weddings and funerals…
Read MoreWhen the Vision to Learn (VTL) van entered the apartment complex, volunteers were waiting behind two folding tables set up in the parking lot…
Read MoreEighteen months ago, Mia Platt wasn’t thinking there might be a global pandemic that would affect Charlotte. Mia was simply searching for a service project for her Girl Scout Silver Award…
Read MoreAs a teacher at Bruns Avenue Elementary School, Jennifer Harrison understands the importance of food for her students for many reasons…
Read MoreWhile her main business is helping people organize and simplify their lives, Laurie’s real passion runs much deeper…
Read MoreIt started with an abundance of tomatoes. What to do with a prolific garden and not enough appetite to eat all the juicy reds multiplying each week?…
Read MoreWhen Amalia Juchnik talked to me on the phone Monday, she was slightly out of breath from pulling her two boys up a hill in a red wagon…
Read MoreLike so many, Caroline Few Elliott has been working from home reading the increasingly bad news about the pandemic paralyzing us all…
Read MoreIt began with a group text Paris Harrell received from her friend Taylyn Tatka: “What can we do to help the kids in your class?”…
Read MoreTwo weeks ago, most of us had never heard the terms “flattening the curve” or “social distancing.” But this is our new normal…
Read MoreForty-two days. That’s how long I had known Charlie before he blurted out over the remnants of a trout almandine dinner, “Will you marry me?”…
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