Happy Summer! We spent last weekend in Duluth with my family celebrating my parents’ 60th anniversary. We laughed and laughed and enjoyed every moment. Now I need a vacation to recover from my vacation! 🙂 You can check out my post with favorite quotes from the trip and more photos on my Facebook & Instagram pages.   I also have …

This spring marks the 10-year anniversary of my first published book Falling for Texas releasing. (Which just happens to be on sale for 1.99 along with numerous other ebooks of mine!). I still remember how long the edits took me and how nervous I was about that book releasing. Funny – it hasn’t really gotten easier to release a book. …

Years ago, I stopped sending out Christmas cards and started writing a Christmas blog instead. I can’t believe it’s already November and holiday season is upon us. We are so grateful for the many blessings during 2024. As my dad always says, life is full of miracles, and sometimes we even recognize when they’re happening. We’ve seen many prayers answered …

Do you ever feel like your family’s birthdays and anniversaries all tend to fall within the same months? In our family, July, August, and September are busy ones. Siblings on both sides of our family have anniversary dates within a day of each other in August. We have numerous birthdays on my side of the family in July and August. …

Tuesday 6/25/24 is release day for The Summer of Keeping Secrets! Woohoo! I’m so thankful to have a new book out in the world. When I first started writing this story, I wasn’t necessarily thinking of my own grandparents. But as I continued to write, pieces and memories from my grandparents seeped into my mind and occasionally found their way …