Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “In Others’ Words”
What are we waiting for? How often do we spend our days dodging the pain, sidestepping the challenges, declining the invitation to live out loud because it might hurt too much? Living life real means tears and laughter, disappointment and contentment, missing the mark so badly that we completely lose sight of it and dreams coming true in a blinding …
I’m just back from St. Louis and the 2014 ACFW Conference. I’ll let the pictures tell the story, as I’m staring down an October 6 deadline for turning in rewrites on my novel, Crazy Little Thing Called Love — the first one in my Destination Wedding series that releases in 2015. While I didn’t win the Carol Award for …
Love is a choice. I’ve heard that phrase so many times that it can slip past me like a will-o’-the-wisp. I nod my head in a “yes, that’s true” kind of fashion … but I don’t acknowledge the truth of the words. The challenge inherent in them. Sometimes you must choose to love … and in doing so, you …
My friend, author Melissa Tagg, read the book Let’s All Be Brave by Annie F. Downs. And then she raved about on Facebook and in a few IMs we shared back and forth and she even wrote a blog series about it. And so I bought the book. I love and respect Melissa and when she raves about something, …
I’ve had this quote in the Draft section of my blog for several years. Yep. Years. Sometimes a quote strikes me in an “I like it” kind of way and when I try to write my thoughts about it, the words stutter to a stop on the page. I’ve got nothing. But I decided to pull this quote out of …
I travel some — to writers conferences, mostly. And I enjoy the chance to be with people who “get” me. People who can have entire conversations about imaginary people. Yeah, we do that. But this is inevitable: Even as I pack my bags for the trip, anticipating the workshops and the almost nonstop conversations and the hugs and the …
Fear likes to tell us no. No, you can’t (fill in the blank). No, you can’t learn to dance — you’re not coordinated enough. No, you can’t sing well enough to try out for school chorus. No, you can’t try out for that sports team. What makes you think you’re good enough to compete with those other kids? No, you …
Helen Keller was an amazing woman. Born in 1880, an illness left her deaf and blind when she was all of 19 months old. Helen had limited communication with her family until she was 7 years old — when Annie Sullivan arrived and worked with her to teach her sign language. Fast forward to 1904, when Helen was 24 years …
One of these days I’m going to catalogue my quotes and tally how many posts I’ve written that deal with facing — and overcomng — defeat. Quite a few, I’m thinking. Sometimes when I find a quote about overcoming defeat and then I blog about it, I’m writing myself out of a funk. And then there are times I’m …
I select a quote for various reasons. A quote may: make me laugh. make me pause and realize, “Now there’s a new way to think about (fill in the blank).” challenge my “I’ve got this all figured out” preconceived idea. give me some practical ways to approach life. Today’s quote is a bit of practical wisdom that, if heeded, …
