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.
31 Days {Day 13} :: Trading in Your Burdens
For My yoke is easy and My burden is light. - Jesus, Matthew 11:30 Light. Easy. Joy. Wanna trade? I'm trading my sorrows. I'm trading my shame. I'm laying them down, for the glory of the Lord. words and music by Darrell Evans, as performed by Women of Faith
31 Days {Day 12} :: 20/20
Did you ever pretend you were invisible as a kid? Or maybe you wanted to be invisible last week, and hid at Starbucks. Perhaps, you became invisible to a so called friend who walked right by you to chat with someone else. He wants you to know that He sees you. His...
31 Days {Day 11} :: East to West
flickrphoto: heartbyseyedmostafazamani You might buy into the fact that you are loved. You might even begin to see that you are liked. You might even, just for a minute or two think, "Sure, I can put a couple of great days back to back, and I'm not so bad." But then,...
31 Days {Day 10} :: All About Grace
{He} will not let slip any opportunity of being gracious to you... Matthew Henry After almost a year of studying grace, I have found it to be true, that there is more grace than I can study. There is more grace than I can comprehend. He has not run out of grace for...
31 Days {Day 9} :: He Wants You to Sing
Wonderful, wonderful Jesus, In the heart He implanteth a song: A song of deliverance, of courage, of strength, In the heart He implanteth a song. --from Wonderful, Wonderful Jesus, a hymn by Anna Belle Russell, 1921. : : : What song are you singing today? Is it a song...
31 Days {Day 8} :: When the Mission Seems Impossible
Have you ever seen a spy movie where the main character, is in a hopeless situation? At the last minute, a helicopter shows up with a rope, and pulls him to safety? The boat explodes,but Tom, Harrison, or Will is seen hanging from the rope over the ocean blue,...
31 Days {Day 7} :: Beautiful, Girl
{To view each day of 31 Days, click the button below.} "Mommy, am I beautiful?" She is at that age where she asks me this question almost daily. I bought her a necklace to remind her: Yes, you are. Beautiful. It is easy for me to see of course, I am her mama. She is...
31 Days {Day 6} :: Well Hello, Princess!
She twirls everywhere she goes. Always within her own mind she is royalty, special, someone others crane their necks to see, be near and admire. She is dancing and singing to a song playing in her mind with only her name in it. That day, a friend walked by and said,...
31 Days {Day 5} :: There's a fountain flowing
Deep and wide, deep and wide there's a fountain flowing deep and wide. Deep and wide, deep and wide, there's a fountain flowing deep and wide. As Sunday School songs go, this was never my favorite. We would stand in front of our chairs while Bonita, played it on the...
31 Days {Day 4} :: Yada, Yada, Yada
Psalm 139 : O Lord, you have examined my heart and know{Yada} everything about me. Yada :: {Hebrew} to know by experience, to understand, to be acquainted with He thinks about you all the time... He made you wonderfully.... It would stand to reason, that He knows you....