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Jesse, the Little Brother
I've been sharing deleted scenes that give you backstory for The Three Sisters series. I'd like to introduce you to some of the secondary characters who will appear in Her Heart's Longing. Today meet Jesse White. Jesse White here, the youngest member of the White...
Out from the Past
OUT from the PAST Creating backstory for characters gives an author a deeper understanding of the characters in a novel and influences the plot's direction. It's like meeting someone and becoming friends as you get better acquainted. The Three Sisters series...
Past Failure, Future Hope
One of the churches my husband pastored supported a local pro-life crisis pregnancy ministry, and my husband had the opportunity to counsel some of the girls. One important decision they had to make was whether to raise the child themselves or give the child up for...
Her Heart’s Longing, Cover Reveal and a Little Backstory
Her Heart's Longing: Katie's Story Here's the cover for Her Heart's Longing, the third book in The Three Sisters Series. If you've read Heart's Desire and A Heart's Journey (and I hope you have) you've met Katie Mann. This is her romance story. It's coming in July,...
Milestones
MILESTONES Have you ever played Mille Bornes? In this card game, the players are on a road trip. The first to reach exactly 1,000 miles is the winner of that hand, and the first to get exactly 5,000 miles wins the game. Of course, there are hazards along the way--...
Memories, Photo Albums, and Scrapbooks
Memories, Photos Albums, and Scrapbooks, Me with Snooks Me with Mom About thirty years ago, I took up scrapbooking. I enjoyed it, although it was time-consuming. In the business of life, I focused on the present as my husband and I raised our...
Resolutions and Words
A Word for the Year Instead of making New Year’s resolutions, which usually fall by the wayside within a few days or weeks of the beginning of the new year, many of my friends chose a word for the year. I’ve done that several times, choosing words which I wanted to...
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
God, the Creator of the universe, made mankind in His image. That image was marred when Adam and Eve sinned, opening the way for suffering and death. Cain, Adam and Eve's oldest child, killed his brother Abel, in a fit of anger and jealousy--the first murder. (See...
Of Mice and Destruction
Mickey and Minnie Mouse, two icons of childhood for several generations---are you a fan? The cute and clever mice in Beatrix Potter's children's story The Tailor of Gloucester: you can't help but admire the way they show the tailor their gratitude and demonstrate...
“The Lord is my strength and song…”
The Hymns of Christmas I love the hymns of Christmas, songs of praise to God for the gifts of salvation and eternal life through His Son Jesus Christ. A celebration of Christ's birth wouldn't be complete without them. I also enjoy learning the stories behind Christmas...
Regret, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation
Regret, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation “Love means never having to say you’re sorry” is a line from Eric Segal’s novel Love Story and subsequent 1970 film version. I don’t agree. A loving relationship means an apology for an offense is essential to maintain that...
I Voted
One of my early childhood memories was talking to my father about the presidential election. It must have been 1956, when Eisenhower and Nixon ran for re-election, because I was only a year old in 1952. An airplane had dropped balloons and flyers down on our Long...
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