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.
What I Wore Wednesday
Be sure to come back tomorrow! I am reviewing an awesome new Ebook by Hayley Morgan, from Tiny Twig Goes Out on a Limb, called The No Brainer Wardrobe. I will also be giving away one copy! Happy 2012! I love a brand new year full of promise and possibility. I'm not...
When Hope Hangs out Around a Table
When the Ebook first came out a mom said to me, "Wow, you were so honest." I panicked and thought, "Well, there is no turning back now!" It is true, the veil is off. This is me. But you know what I have discovered? God does a beautiful grace filled work when I get...
How to Have the Best Year Yet
There is a "me" that emerges in relationship to writing, like the "me" that emerges in certain friendships, who make me laugh. The Right to Write, Julie Cameron : : : As we look a new year square in the face with all its hopes, dreams, and possibilities, let me ask...
One final thought for 2011
Can you believe 2011 is almost finished? I am sneaking in here friends, during this quiet week, to say thank you for an amazing year. We have truly walked in grace, haven't we? I have been blessed by your visits, your comments, emails, and encouragements. As we...
Oh Holy Night…
Oh holy night! The stars are brightly shining. It is the night of the dear savior's birth. Long lay the world, in sin and error pining, Till He appeared and the soul felt it's worth. A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn....
What I Wore Wednesday
Right this very moment I should be finishing my Christmas shopping. Please tell me, you have more to do as well? Like A LOT more? I promise myself, every year, I will not wait till the week of Christmas to shop for all my people. But, life is life and it happens so...
Where Grace Leads
Last January I began a journey to walk purposefully in grace for an entire year. As 2011 draws to a close, I hardly know how to wrap up my thoughts on the matter. It isn't because I don't have any, because I do. My head and heart are swimming with more than I can...
Start Where You Are
Wherever you are is always the right place. There is never a need to fix anything, to hitch up the bootstraps of the soul and start at some higher place. Start right where you are. Julie Cameron, The Right to Write, page 5 What happens when you start right where you...
What I Wore Wednesday Flashback
As we draw to a close this month of an entire year of What I Wore Wednesday, I thought it might be fun to share with you a few of my faves in the series. Ok - so the truth is I did not really get any pictures taken this week. But, flashbacks are fun, right? July:...
A New Favorite Thing :: NYR Organics {giveaway}
I have always been a girly girl. I love make up. I love potions. Have I ever mentioned one of my favorite jobs was working at Bath and Body Works? Or that my granddaddy who turned 90 last month sold Estee Lauder since I was a little girl? I guess you could say,...