Hey friends! I don’t think I’ve told you all this yet, but I’m now a columnist for Cure Magazine! It’s a true honor. I’ve partnered with Cure for many years, they often looked to collaborate when I worked as the Communications Director for Fight CRC. It was fun to help them find stories about colorectal…
Read MoreGuys – I’m going to Guatemala! I am super excited, I leave in just a couple of weeks! Here’s a quick summary of all the things: Where I’m headed I’m headed to an orphanage outside of Guatemala City called Casa Bernabe. My friend Sara lives there with her family; she and her husband Edgar are…
Read MoreLaunching this new website today is like winning an Academy Award – except it’s less heavy, it doesn’t involve celebrities, and it is a LOT more colorful! For those of you who’ve followed me for quite some time, you’ve watched this journey evolve. I started blogging in 2009 after my second colon cancer diagnosis. That…
Read MoreYou guys – I wrote a book! An advent devotional! I’m so excited to share the launch of my first published book today: Unexpected. 25 Daily Advent Devotionals. Advent Book Details The book is available via Amazon – paperback and Kindle. It contains 25 short readings focused on advent. It’s meant to be a quick,…
Read More“I feel like God doesn’t want me to look for a lot of new clients this fall, but to sit tight and trust Him…” I told my girlfriends over chips and salsa a few Wednesday nights ago. In the flurry of picking out a new pink backpack and filling an online shopping cart with school…
Read MoreI’m in the middle of an epic “teachable moment,” lecturing my daughter about needing swimming lessons although she’s comfortable enough to not drown when it hit me: I needed the lecture, too. This is the moment that sparked my latest post on the 936 Pennies blog! Parenting is full of gemstones, but one of my favorite…
Read More“Do you want to write fictional children’s stories?” That was a message from my friend Sarah earlier last fall – a small question that opened a big door into several new worlds: Fiction writing Children’s stories International publishing studio & community of writers Creative writing with my daughter The Holiday Girls I’m pumped to share…
Read MoreI’m going to give myself some grace and blame this delayed announcement on the Christmas craze… … and use it as an excuse to push you to follow my Facebook Page for real-time updates like these! But: big news!
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