Everything started here

 

I started writing on a blog called 29 Lincoln Avenue sixteen years ago. The name for my first blog came from the street address of the home I grew up in a small town in Southern Indiana. I loved the idea of inviting you into my “blog home” every week. 

It was through learning to write and create content there  (and then here) that I discovered my love for words and my voice as a writer. When I started, Twitter and Facebook were the  rage and blogging found a unique place that would be writers (like me) were able to practice publishing more than a handful of words at at time.

Through blogging I started writing books. I am eternally grateful for that opportunity to put something more of my heart in the hands of those who are  bookish by nature.

But even with Instagram, youTube, and every other social media option out there—I still love to add a few words here.

And I suspect I always will. 

Pray With Me This Christmas!

Distractions can pull us in all directions at Christmastime. It's hard to figure out how to celebrate the birth of Christ in a meaningful way when there are gifts to buy, cookies to bake, and events to add to the calendar. But what if right now, we made a plan to be...

What I’m Loving Right Now in November!

Hey friends! It’s November! It's time to give thanks and gather with your people! New here? What I’m Loving Right Now is a link based list that I curate from things I love and use in my real every day life. I started sharing these items in my emails and...

What I’m Loving Right Now in October

Hey friends! It’s October! Bring on the Pumpkin Spice, cozy cardigans, and cute boots! New here? What I’m Loving Right Now is a link based list that I curate from things I love and use in my real every day life. I started sharing these items in my emails and EVERYONE...

5 Years of Threadbare Prayer

There is something about October that pulls my heart back to simple prayers. I suppose it might be because my wandering heart has been tuned to this song of lament over and over again. A few years ago I started writing Threadbare Prayers on my blog during a wilderness...

What I Wore

Hello! Lovely. Faithful. Patient. What I Wore friends. I'm back. #woot #hooray #booyah I have been MIA for a month of What I Wore posts and I have missed you. Us. Chatting over fashionable topics and light fare. So let's do it, shall we? This is one of my fave outfits...

Now…

in print! here (amazon affiliate link) here. only 6.99 this week. for more info on the book, go here. P.S. My sweet (in)courage friends celebrated 4 years this week of beach house (in)couragement. They are having the best party by inviting us all to Kenya to love on...

Over at "The Better Mom" Today!

I've been trying to come up with one sentence to describe my new book and I think I finally have it: This came to me while I was folding clothes today. Or was it while I was driving my ballerinas to class? I don't know. Such is the glamorous life of a writer/mom....

Hope for Today

Just one of my favorite things inspired by my new book: You can download the full set over on the Freebie page. (special thanks to my amazing friend Melissa for creating these Scripture cards.) Remember, tomorrow is the first Link up. Your chance to share your story...