Reconciling Honeymoon Expectations With Marriage Bliss
Whoever says honeymoons create a state of suspended bliss hasn’t been on one in a while. I was barely twenty-two when I married. My husband, on the other hand, celebrated his twenty-ninth birthday flying back from our honeymoon in Kauai,
We’re Going On A Novelmoon
On Tuesday, my husband and I leave for our novelmoon. What’s a novelmoon, you ask? Well, it’s kind of like a babymoon: a trip a couple takes to reconnect before the birth of their child (my novel, in this case).
Sunday Morning Breakfast
My husband came into the kitchen and opened the window above the sink. He closed the cupboard doors, put my melting stick of butter on a plate, and tapped the volume down on my laptop, which was blaring the novel,
Hello, My Name Is . . .
I heard the man before I saw him. Turning from my laptop, I glanced toward the entrance of the library. He had long, stringy hair and a face so pale and emaciated, he looked like he was already dead. His
Milestones
milestones plural of mile·stone (Noun) Noun A stone set up beside a road to mark the distance in miles to a particular place. An action or event marking a significant change or stage in development. The nurse looked down at her clipboard while I
Embracing Change
Yesterday, our outlet grocery store changed hands. That 11,000 square foot building housed our apartment that was our first love nest. It was where I burned cornbread and pea soup exploded onto the ceiling. Where my poor husband first witnessed my
You Know You’re a First-Time Parent When…
Seventeen months ago, I wrote a post entitled, “You Know You’re Taking Advantage of Your Pregnancy When . . .” This week is my daughter's first birthday (we've made it!), so it seems fitting to write a continuation called: “You Know You’re
A Wife First, A Mother Second
This week, I joked with my friend that babies have the ability to tear a marriage apart and put it back together all in the same day. Though “tear apart” may be too dramatic a phrase, my flippant adage would
A Peek at My Publishing Process — deadlines, teething children, kapp hunting and all!
This week, I'm honored to be hosted on Tyndale House's blog about the past eight months since I began the publishing journey with The Outcast ~ my modern retelling of The Scarlet Letter! My excerpt from their blog: The morning of my conference call with Tyndale,
The Beauty of “Sometimes”
I'm just going to be honest. Sometimes I play opossum, so my husband will get up and rock our ten-month-old child back to sleep. Sometimes when she's crying, rather than comforting her, for a moment I want to close the bedroom door and