Have you ever wanted to be part of a play? To act out a delightful scene as the lead character? To make sure all the props are in their proper position? To sit back and watch the fruits of your labor tell a wonderful story? Well if you lived near me, I would ask you to be a part of the drama group my sister and I will be starting later this year.

It all started like this; Once upon a time, sister Rose wanted to act in a play but didn’t know of any group that she really wanted to be a part of. Her big sister Sarah said that she would like to be in a play to but liked roles that were played out behind the scenes such as that of director. So it was decided, the two sisters would work together to put on a play.

The big question was what play they were going to do. They wanted to write one but for several weeks they couldn’t come up with an idea that seemed like a good one to make a play out of. Then Rose remembered a story plot that the two sisters had come up with years ago and had even started writing but had given up the project and forgotten all about it.

That story is in the first stages of becoming a play that will hopefully begin to take shape in the not too distant future.

So that is one of the things that is coming next in my life. What do you think?

As we get ready for a new year, we start to plan ahead. We think of the things we want to accomplish and to do in the coming year. I have been doing a lot of thinking and over the next few days, I would like to share some of my plans for the future with you.

One of my goals this year is to connect with other likeminded girls and form some friendships. To that end I am going to be starting a home school Alumni girls group in February. Right now I am working out the details, like where we are going to meet and things like that but I am really excited.

One of the things I hope that this group encourages is other events. Such as opportunities to serve the LORD together as well as just have fun. I want this group to be one that fosters strong, healthy friendships. I would also like it to be a place where someone who is going through a hard time is welcome. I want to be able to encourage girls to higher and better things.

That is my idea. What do you think?

Yesterday was quite a day at my house, how about yours? I was busy working on editing one of my books when I heard a commotion. I went out of my room to see what it was and found that one of the pipes under the sink had broken and water was spewing everywhere.

We raced down our driveway to shut off the water to keep the whole house from being flooded. Then, we spent a good hour or so cleaning up the water from the kitchen floor and the cabinets. After that was done there wasn’t much we could do until dad got home to fix the pipe. Thankfully we didn’t have to wait long. When mom called to tell him what was wrong he took off the rest of the day and came home.

After a trip to town to get the right parts, Dad soon had the water back on. Isn’t my dad amazing? Thank you Dad!

This little episode made me realize how thankful I am for running water. Think about all the things we use it for in our home that we often take for granted. From filling our glass to flushing our toilet; we depend on running water. That is my thought for the day.

Good day all. I am always a little sad when the holidays are over and all the decorations go up. However, I am always glad too to have life back to normal. I am glad that I will have more time to post on my blog and share my life with you and get your thoughts on things.

Last week I found a new blog that really gripped me. Kaylene’s blog has so many good posts that I have already read that I can’t wait to read more. She is doing a challenge to read the Bible in six months and I am going to join her. I will be posting updates on my progress and struggles about once a week. I would love it if you joined us.



I haven’t done many challenges, mainly because I’m not really interested. However, I have really wanted to get into the Bible more and this seemed like a great way to do it. How do I plan to do it? Well, I am blessed with a computer program that my parents’ got me for my graduation called WORDsearch. This program has a lot of different Bible study tools and one of them lets you create a customized plan.

This should be a lot of fun as well as a big challenge. Will you join me? I will even email you the schedule I am using to help you out.

Merry Christmas! Christ the Savior was born this day! Let the whole world rejoice!

A dear friend of our family gave us a gift subscription to Netflix for Christmas and on Tuesday, we watched our first movie. It was called The Christmas Card, we had heard some good things about it and found it was even better than we thought it would be.

The Movie starts in Afghanistan with a lonely soldier who receives a Christmas card from a young woman in a small town. The card could have been to anyone, but it becomes a life line for Cody, a young man facing some hard times.

When Cody is sent back to the states for a time he goes to the small town of Nevada City to find the girl that sent him the card. What he finds is a family that takes him in for the holidays and love.

Even though it is a very typical movie in some ways (two guys like one girl,), it is very different in many ways. The girl, who is in her mid-twenties is living at home and loves it. She and her parents are very close and talk about everything. The parents are consulted and told about everything, no sneaking around behind anybody’s back. Even though there was kissing and the word dating was used, our whole family talked about how close the whole thing was to courtship.

As for things that you might want to think about before watching, there are very few. The clothing is modest, faith and church are good, and there isn’t any foul language. It is a romance story, not courtship story (not that courtships aren’t romantic) so there is kissing and they dance. Other than that, there isn’t anything that I can think of that is bad.

I have been thinking a lot lately about how books and other writings can speak as much to the author as they do the reader. Lately, the subject of change and transition seems to be coming up a lot in my writing, not only for this blog but in my books. As I have gone back and read some of my older writings, polishing up some almost completed projects, and started in on some new ideas, change and transition seem to be the prevailing themes.
As I am searching for some answers from God, nowhere has he spoken more clearly to me then in my own writing. I am convinced now that many of the words are not my own, but ones he has given me to encourage me and help me to figure life out.

I still stand amazed at God’s creativity in getting our attention. He knows what speaks to each of us the most and uses that. For me, it is the written word, so he gives me a desire to read a particular chapter in the Bible, and through that I find rebuke, comfort, encouragement, inspiration, whatever I happen to need. I find myself reading something I wrote and I feel as if someone else wrote it for me.

What about you? Has God ever used your own writing to speak to you?

I had a lot of fun yesterday at a Christmas party for the Republican. It signals the start of the political season for me and many others. Now understand if you don’t agree with what the Republicans stand for, I am not here to try to get you to vote for them. In fact, as I have told many people, I think they should for who they think they should, even if it isn’t my guy. That is what I love about America; we have the right to our own opinions.

Some of you may know that I enjoy working at some political events and have worked many in the past. This year I am planning on working some campaigns as well as many political events. I have a lot of fun doing this working behind the scenes stuff.

But enough about politics, and on to more important thing. I am getting ready for Christmas by making some gifts. I can hardly wait to tell you all about them and show you pictures, but since my family actually reads my blog, it will have to wait. I will say that what I am making is keeping me at my sewing machine a lot.

Are you doing anything special for Christmas?

Thank you all for your prayers. My rash is getting much better and I am not itching as much. Thank for your prayers and your words of encouragement. It is nice to know that I am not alone.

Now, for what has gone on in my life the past few days. On Saturday My dad and I did our booth at the Charismas bazaar and it went well. We didn’t sell much made some new friends and did our best to bless those around us. It was a lot of fun.

We are gearing up for our annual Christmas party. We are making cookies and getting the house ready. I can hardly wait for this Saturday to come. The party is always so fun.

What is going on in your life?

I could use your prayers dear friends. I have been very tired for the past few days and then, a couple days ago, I broke out in a rash of sorts. It would seem that I have had a bad reaction to something, but I have no idea what it was.

Please pray that I heal quickly and that either we found out what caused the reaction or this never happens again.

Thanks to all of you for your prayers.