Category: Thankful Thursday
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Thankful Thursday: thankful that God is stretching me.
Until the last couple of weeks, things had been comfortable for me at my day job for quite a while. I enjoyed my duties. I thought they were a good fit for me. I more or less enjoyed them and felt competent at what I had to do. I could clock in, do my job,…
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Thankful Thursday: thankful for imagination
I have a very active and strong imagination. I guess you’d have to to write a fantasy trilogy! Imagination is such a wonderful gift. It’s a creative outlet. It teaches us empathy. It pushes us beyond our borders and limitations. It inspires us. It helps us to connect with others. So today, I am thankful…
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Thankful Thursday: Thankful for children’s literature
Today I’m grateful for all the wonderful children’s and middle grade books that made me a reader when I was young and made me want to write books myself. From Little Women to The Babysitters Club, from Nancy Drew to the Boxcar Children, from Narnia to Willy Wonka’s factory, and even including Amelia Bedelia, I…
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Thankful Thursday: Thankful for family time
As I write this, I’m preparing for a second celebratory (birthday) get-together with my family in one week. So I am grateful for that time with the people I love and who love me. I am thankful that they are in my life. I am thankful that they care about me, and check in on…
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Thankful Thursday: Thankful for my audiobook narrator
Today, I am so excited to say that an audiobook version of “The Crimson League: The Fight for Hope” is currently in production. I had some eleven narrators audition to do the book, and I am so excited to have landed on the narrator I selected. She is wonderful. She’s so nice to deal with…
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Thankful Thursday: Thankful for the new home goods store that opened near me
Today, I’m thankful for the home goods store that just opened around the corner from me. It’s super close, super convenient, and I’ve already gotten some much needed items from there, including a small silverware set that I really like. Things are quite cheap there, as well. It’s been a real win-win scenario for me,…
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Thankful Thursday: grateful for childhood Christmases
This week, as I put out my grandmother’s old Nativity Scene and made cookies from a classic family recipe, I’ve been kind of nostalgic, in a good way . . . not lamenting that the past is gone or hating the present, just remembering the past with fondness and gratitude. Some of my favorite memories…
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The Most Thankful Thursday of All
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, I think. I used to hate it, I’ll be honest . . . I never felt like I had a footing in life, and Thanksgiving was a big reminder of what I’d given up walking away from grad school and how much of a failure I felt…
Creative Writing with the Crimson League 