Enjoying eggs with no cheese, grapefruit with no sugar, and plain water instead of tea with sugar and milk. Lee and I are starting the Whole 30 way of eating today. We don’t really want to lose weight, we just want to feel better, and we hope doing it together will help us stick to…
Writers, bloggers especially, want to have specific niches. That’s how we identify and build our tribes. It’s how we know who our readers are and how to connect with them. Usually, you pick your niche. Sometimes though, your niche picks you. You may not want this to happen. You may want your niche to be…
Here’s what’s happening around here as we kick off my favorite month, March! Celebrating National Grammar Day over at Next Step Editing. In celebration you can download my PDF e-book, Beyond the Basics: 30 Tips for Better Writing, for free by using the code “freebook” at check out. Hearing James (5 years old) say words and…
I got an email this week from a friend who wanted advice on how to help a friend who had just had a baby with special needs. I was actually honored that she would ask me how to help her friend. I remember when our local hospital would call my mom and say, “We’ve had…
There’s a cliche Christian phrase that I believe does more harm than it does good. It may make us feel all warm and reassured, but it’s actually a lie. The truth is– God will give you more than you can handle. As a parent, part of my job is to encourage my boys to become independent. As…
A few weeks ago we were in the waiting room of a counseling provider. We were there because we hoped to get more help for James (our son with autism). Others were there for addiction issues, family counseling, and social services. One lady knew us from church and asked how the adoption was going. I…