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.
The Joy Dare
The Joy Dare: Counting 1,000 Gifts in 2012 502. Super chill awesome week at home. Much needed. 503. Sunshine, finally! 504. Swimming. Swimming. Swimming. 505. Dinner work date and I got to go, too. 506. Seeing the sparkle in my girl's eyes. 507. The cutest cupcakes...
The Secret to Holding Fast
Hold fast occurs 6 times in Deuteronomy and Joshua. It means to cling, to cleave, to stay, follow closely, or to join to. It also means to adhere firmly as if with glue. I think you get the picture. It is something Israel was to do. They were to be glued to the...
What I Wore Wednesday
I get up. I get dressed. Sometimes I take a picture and I put it here on Wednesdays. And you stop by and say the sweetest things. You see me at church and say, "Oh, I love your What I Wore." I smile, because I like it, too. I like it because along the way I've...
The Joy Dare
How can we not count it a joy when hearts that found each other in this great big social media world get a chance to gather around a table elbow to elbow? How do we not toss our head back and say, "Thank you" for the knitting together of 3 mamas of 11 girls who just...
The Heart of the Father
Last night my daughter was anxious and not feeling well so I sat up with her until 1:00 AM. That is what mothers do. We sit with our children and pray over them until their fears run away. As I read this week from Leviticus-Deuteronomy I saw the heart of God, the...
The Not So Glamorous Life of a Writer, Girl
I sat down to write just now and I fell asleep. True story. I'm blaming the softly falling rain and fact that I am sitting in one place for more than 5 minutes. Somehow, it just happened. I think I'm turning into my mother who always falls asleep during movies....
What I Wore Wednesday :: Vintage White T-Shirt
Last week I broke the What I Wore rule and only took two photos of my outfits the whole week. There really are no rules, but if I am going to keep motivated, I need to make sure I am taking daily(ish) photographs of What I Wore. Part of the "problem" is that we are...
The Joy Dare
The Joy Dare 461. That I get to live in a place where sweet online friends show up (in)RL. 462. Date night. 463. Super yummo frozen yogurt. 464. Sweet babysitters. 465. Some glorious sleep. 466. A community of Word Lovers. 467. Nothing is too hard for my God. {Genesis...
Did They Know They Were Living a Great Story?
They loved. They were loved. They had babies. They sojourned. They walked by faith. They listened to God. They ran, too. Sometimes, they laughed. On good days, they built boats that saved us all, offered God their most precious possessions, and blessed their...
Date Night
Twenty one years of date nights and we end up here dodging the rain. I order Mandarin Kung Pao Chicken and he does too. We catch up on life because it is hard to do with four kids at the table on every other night. Later, we drive way to far to find just the right...