Fresh Out of Amazing Week is Here

This week is the week we have been talking about for two years friends. I could not have done it without you every step of the way. Fresh Out of Amazing hits stores officially on Thursday September 1. I have so many thoughts and feelings going on in my heart today,...

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What I Wore (Summer Round Up)

I am in complete denial that summer is drawing to a close.  I could let my kids sleep late and slowly make our way to the pool forever. We didn't do anything big this summer, but we did enjoy our lazy days. Maybe I enjoyed them most of all. I have been keeping up with...

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He Weeps With Us

There is always a risk in writing when you emotions are raw and unchecked. Sometimes it is a train wreck. Other times beauty arises from ash heaps. I'm trusting God with my words in this moment because as a writer, I think better when words are flying. I grew up in...

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What Are You Reading?

(post contains affiliate links) I have a passion for words. As I've written tens of thousands of them in the past two years to put in books, I've noticed my love of reading has only increased. What has surprised me though, is that lately I have been on a fiction...

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Fear(less) Girl.

(This post actually made its way into the book Is Jesus Worth It? chapter 2. Clearly, I needed to keep writing my way through it.) *** Fear has been bossing me around lately. The truth is, I’ve willingly let it happen. I’ve crouched under covers and cried hot tears. I...

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A Good, Good Friday

When I first heard the song, "Good, Good Father" by Chris Tomlin I could not sing it. The words would form in my mouth but they would not come out. Maybe these Fresh Out of Amazing words will explain why: My family asked me to sing at Daddy’s funeral, and I couldn’t....

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What I Wore

Happy Wednesday! Happy March. Spring is coming friends! I can feel it in the air. We had one more blast of cool air this week, but I do believe a new pair of sandals are in order to replace my fave boots that died a sad death last month! Happier thoughts...happier...

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