I love to read. Historical fiction, legal dramas, suspense, mysteries, and spy novels tend to pique my interest the most. My favorite way to spend a day off would be curled up in a hammock with a book I can’t put down. Great stories take me to places I can’t easily go, enveloping me in […]
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21 Book Reviews from 2017
One side effect of moving is the significant lack of social events. This is awesome for anyone who, like me, is a reader. In fact, one of the very first places I go, after relocating to a new city, is to get a library card. In the past seven months, I’ve checked out over 60 […]
Celebrating Moms with a FREE Devotional
FREE devotional for Mother’s Day weekend! This weekend only, in celebration of moms everywhere, I’m offering Adopted for Daily Life: A Devotional for Adopting Moms FREE for Kindle! And to give you a taste of the beautiful writing that is found inside the book, here’s a sample that comes from Laura’s week on Joy: Day […]
Book Review: A.D. 30
A few months back, I was contacted by someone who offered me a free e-copy of Ted Dekker’s latest, A.D. 30: A Novel, as long as I was willing to write a review on my blog. My first thought was, “duh!” I read the book before we left Nicaragua, but haven’t had the chance to […]
Adoption Devotional Sample 03
Previously, I told you about an adoption devotional I’m working on, specifically for adopting moms. I’m writing some of the weeks, and I’m privileged to have moms who’ve adopted writing other weeks. This sample is from Day 5 of the week on peace, written by Allison Cunningham. She and her family lived with us during […]