More good news from Under the Magnolia Tree! Coming in January 2026, I will have another story in a Chicken Soup for the Soul book! Change your Habits, Change your Life will be coming out just in time for everyone’s New Year’s resolutions. In 2019 my first story was accepted by Chicken Soup in a… Continue reading Rejection Club
Last spring I entered a contest sponsored by the Georgia Independent Author Association and my book, Moving Beyond: Journeying through Life's Changes, was the winner in the non-fiction inspirational category! Thank you to the committee members and to everyone who has continued to buy and share it! Now for today's topic - Flinging Away our… Continue reading Flinging away our problems
The following piece about our cat Walter was featured this week on The Welcome Table Blog, a wonderful site that offers a weekly devotional with questions for adults and children to discuss around the table. Visit their page for the full devotional! True love shows itself not in how it is received, but in our… Continue reading Lessons from Walter
June has been a rainy month here in Northwest Georgia and my daylilies and other flowers have flourished, filling my garden with color. But with the hot sultry days of July most of the daylilies have finished blooming. Left behind are the brown stalks where the plants once proudly displayed their glory. The stalks are… Continue reading Which choice?
Last week was Vacation Bible School at my church in Dalton. I am still exhausted. I volunteered to do the Bible story for the preschoolers. Two groups of children would come to me for fifteen minutes each evening for the story and an activity. The teacher’s manual had detailed instructions. Connie, our wonderful children’s minister,… Continue reading Vacation Bible School
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