And the e-book winner is…

Congratulations Melinda! Your e-book is on it’s way!
Thank you to all who participated!
Be sure to visit Laura’s online shop!
More giveaways coming soon!

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Gratituesday – God is always there

As you can tell by the dates at the top of my posts, I haven’t been here since Friday. To be honest, I haven’t been in the blogging mood. Then our internet went out and I thought Good, now I have an excuse for not blogging, emailing, writing, working on the web, etc. [...]

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The Searching For Spice winner is…

Congratulations Lynne!
I’ll mail your book to you asap!
Thank you to everyone who participated, and thank you for your interest in Searching For Spice.

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Praying for the Chapman Family

I’m interrupting my Promoting Friends Week for this special post. Keep entering to win the give aways. We’ll continue with the friends and give aways posts on Monday. I’m going to need a few days. Though I don’t know this family personally, my own pain is too recent and I am [...]

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Heavenly Homemakers with Laura Coppinger

This is my sweet college friend Laura and her beautiful *ahem* handsome family. She’s one of those people you’d love to have as a neighbor and are happy to have as a friend. She’s compassionate, encouraging, and multi-talented. Since college, our journeys have had (and still have) some interesting parallels. [...]

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Gratituesday – Unspoken lessons from others

I’ve had so many teachers over the years, and I don’t mean the kind with books and tests. Some really great people have come and gone in my life and while we shared those brief seasons together, I was watching and learning whether they new it or intended it, or not.
Joyce was an older [...]

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Searching For Spice with Megan DiMaria

It’s pronounced Mee gihn Dee muh ree uh. Or that’s what it sounds like when she says it. A lovely name to suit a lovely woman. This post has been a long time coming and I am so excited to share my friend with you. Megan is one of my Starbucks girlfriends, [...]

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Promoting Friends Week

I have great friends.   I am blessed to know so many gifted, extraordinary people and it is my pleasure to walk with them on their journeys and give them encouragement and applause when I can.  They’ve done the same for me.  I believe in community and building one another up, spurring each [...]

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Gratituesday – Little reminders that I am not invisible

Last Friday when I was having dinner with my Captivating friends, I confessed that I’ve been feeling fine and how much I hate it. I want to be extraordinary and bursting with creative energy and…and…seen. Fine is not good enough for me. I lamented how I feel like I’m stuck in the [...]

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Thinking through the weekend

I just re-read my Mother’s Day post. I don’t want to leave anyone thinking I am ungrateful for my children, my husband, and the many mothers I have in my life. I am so grateful! In my drive to be authentic I didn’t want to gloss over the painful parts of the [...]

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