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Checking Out, Dulling the Pain, and Skimming the Tears

October 13, 2020 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

Confessions of a book skimmer

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 […]

Filed Under: + On My Nightstand, Creative Inspiration · Tagged With: audiobooks, book club, reading

21 Book Reviews from 2017

January 3, 2018 By Wendy Willard · 2 Comments ·

2017 Book Reviews

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 […]

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Celebrating Moms with a FREE Devotional

May 9, 2015 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

FREE download for Mother's Day!

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 […]

Filed Under: + Adoption Care, + On My Nightstand, + Parenting · Tagged With: devotional, joy, Laura Pheneger

Book Review: A.D. 30

January 29, 2015 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

“Are you quick to point out the failures of others? I was, though I didn’t see it in myself... It was in my writing of A.D. 30 that I discovered just how blind I was and still often am.” - Ted Dekker

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 […]

Filed Under: + On My Nightstand · Tagged With: book review, Ted Dekker

Adoption Devotional Sample 03

November 26, 2014 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

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 […]

Filed Under: + Adoption Care, + Endless Grace, + On My Nightstand, Creative Inspiration · Tagged With: adoption, devotional, peace

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