There were a lot of names being tossed around my house last weekend. Not bad names — baby names. My daughter and son-in-love just found out they’re having a second daughter and, of course, it’s time to start the process of “What do think of ______”? All sorts of names were offered and some suggestions were even added to their list …
In Others’ Words: On the dotted line
I keep a basket on one of the shelves in my office closet. In that basket I keep cards I’ve received from friends or readers or other writers. Words of encouragement that have blessed me, sometimes at just the right moment, when doubt pressed in on my dream or my sense of self. People took the time to say something …
In Others’ Words: Words and Music
Sometimes I find myself at a loss for words … and I allow silence to fill the space between my inhales and exhales. And sometimes, someone else has found the words for me and put them to music. And I don’t need to grasp how to somehow, someway express my loss … or my joy … or my questions … …
In Others’ Words: Honey
I’m winding down April and already marveling at how full the month of May is. One thing is for sure and certain: April did not go according to my plans. Writing that is almost laughable, considering that’s the thread woven through my novel, Catch a Falling Star, which releases May 7: What do you do when life doesn’t go according …
In Others’ Words: Bite Your Tongue
I wanted to let someone have it last night. And I know that person wanted to say a few … um … special words to me too. But I didn’t. I could feel the words banging on the back of my clenched teeth. I could almost see them forming in a cloud above my head. But I knew once I …
In Others’ Words: Echoes
“Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up.” (Proverbs 12:25 NIV) “Kind words are like honey–sweet to the soul and healthy for the body.” (Proverbs 16:24 NLT) What echoes have I left in others’ lives? Have I left a sticky mark of kind words — a bit of verbal honey that encourages someone who wants to …