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.
When Weary Lays Me Low
Weary lays me low. Do you know what I mean? Do you feel pushed down, beat up, down for the last count? Lately, I feel this lowness on a daily basis. The problem for me is lingering in the weariness and letting it take me to other places where fear, defeat, and anger...
What I Wore
Did you hear that? It is the sound of summer. Ahh, the beach is calling and the ice cream machine is cranking on high. We are ready here at our house. School is out! Woot! Woot! The heat showed up big time this week, but I did manage to wear both of my new...
On Risk and Storms
Holley asked us this week... What is the biggest risk when dreaming God sized dreams? My thoughts have been racing and I keep thinking of Oklahoma and storms. I'm trying to fit it all together. Sometimes you can't. But sometimes God leans in close and whispers...
Meet Here on Mondays and Help Me Write a Book
I have this crazy idea to write another ebook. In fact, I've been working on it for about a year. I've bounced my ideas off a few people through my newsletter, leaked a bit of it on my Facebook Page and Tweeted about it. The feedback has been amazing. But something is...
Favorite Things
One of my most favorite things of all is a Girls Weekend away. Last weekend, 8 of my friends gathered from all over the country to spend our 21st weekend together in 21 years. Though we'd like to say we started these weekends when we were twelve, the reality is they...
Dear Weary Mom
You can find the original Dear Weary Mom letter I wrote right here. It is the first page really of a long letter. This is the second page. My friends over at the new Hope for the Weary Mom blog, decided to turn this into a weekly series and ask all the moms to write...
What I Wore
What I Wore Wednesday is: Get up. Get dressed. Remember to snap a photo. Share it on Wednesday. Fun friends stop by and you chat about it. And I kinda love it! Friday I sent out a Instagram and asked what I should wear for my travel day to my annual IU girls weekend....
Hope and Dreams
Yesterday was my 42nd birthday. I got up, drank coffee, read my Bible, and ate oatmeal. When my girls woke up I made them breakfast. Sometime early, I read this on our Hope for the Weary Mom Facebook Page: I was a bit overwhelmed. In the middle of my very ordinary I'm...
"Hey Mom, I'm Bored…"
Summer is coming. You can guarantee after the celebration from school being on break for a few days wears off, your kids will say this over and over: "Hey Mom, I'm bored..." At the Thacker house, when someone says "I'm bored," I take this as a cue to give them a...
What I Wore
Welcome to Wednesday! You made it. I made it. This feels strangely like a huge accomplishment for me this week. What is it with the month of May? It feels like the end of a marathon and I'm just limping across the finish line. So this week, I'm carb loading or rather...