Jan 4, 2024 | Musings, On Parenting
It’s been a year since ChatGPT splashed onto the national discussion. AI isn’t anything new, but the ability to interact with a chatbot and have it do your bidding in seconds IS new. Most people played with a little over Christmas break, a bunch of university students...
Aug 23, 2021 | Faith, Musings
I don’t think it’s fair to label this year “hard.” It was, but when I look at the suffering in the world these days, I think I’m ok with lowering its status to “unexpected” and “things I wouldn’t have...
Oct 23, 2017 | Faith, Musings
I know an entire herd of unicorns. A few weeks ago, I sat in a living room in Colorado with women I’ve known over 6 years. We’re internet friends. We do not make sense on paper. The list of things we don’t have in common outweighs what we do. And...
Sep 5, 2017 | Faith, Musings
A few weeks ago, I woke with a pain in my side, most ‘scruciating.* Ever faithful, my husband, Andrew, took me to the doctor. While I cried and whimpered in the waiting room, he filled out the paperwork, answered all of the questions, and held my hand. Once we...
Aug 7, 2017 | Musings, Writing
When I tripped and fell and wrote a novel, I struggled a little to justify it. I had this feeling that fiction was somehow “less than.” It was just a story. It had a happy ending because fiction really should. But my story wasn’t a biblical allegory like Narnia. It...
Apr 24, 2017 | Musings, Writing
I’m pleased (honored, thrilled, happy dancing) to tell you that I have signed with a literary agent! Rachelle Gardner of Books & Such Literary Agency is now my representative to help me sell my stories to a publisher. I know. I sit and blink a lot. But,...