Happy/Merry/Blessed whatever holiday you celebrate. And isn’t celebration a wonderful thing? It’s life-giving, soul-nurturing, and just plain fun. I hope you have many reasons to celebrate this year. Here are two reasons we’re celebrating: Paulina and Eleanor. After waiting for many years our twin granddaughters, these two bundles of absolute joy, arrived in September. Their personalities are as different as their looks. Paulina has FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) and wants to see everything. Eleanor is very social concentrates on you while you talk to her. They were very worth waiting for. My heart. Another reason I’m feeling in a Read More
Tag: Christmas
Holiday Gift Ideas and a Movie Request
First of all, congratulations to the winners of my Thanksgiving Giveaway: Saundra M. of Alabama and Tina M. of Pennsylvania. I hope you enjoy reading Love’s Courage. Speaking of love, I love all the schmaltzy things about the holiday season. I love old Christmas movies like It’s a Wonderful Life, I love Nat King Cole’s rendition of “The Christmas Song” aka “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire,” I love decorating our trees (we have two), and I love buying gifts—especially when I find that perfect gift for someone. Here’s a gift you can give me. Rich and I are always Read More
A Few of My Favorite Things
While I love snowflakes staying on my nose and eyelashes, I have a few other favorite things this time of year. My Noel Angels My mother always placed these angels on the fireplace mantel when she decorated for Christmas. I remember playing with them from the time I was very young (that’s why they’re glued in so many places). My children rearrange them to spell other words. They’re teasing me, but I know that they think of my mom every time they touch the Noel angels. Macaroni Ornament I’ve saved every ornament my three kids made from kindergarten through Read More
To Be or Not to Be: The Christmas Letter
The tree is up; the lights are glowing. Now I begin to ponder what to include in our Christmas letter. But, for the first time ever, I am questioning whether there will even be a letter. I’ve lived hundreds of miles from my family and some close friends for many years, and my annual letter was the way to update them with what’s been happening in our lives for the past year. But with social media, if we’re friends on Facebook, they already know all that . I’ve always pictured my family and friends, ripping open the envelope anticipating Read More
Crossing The Pond
My friend, Becky Lower, loves writing American historical romance novels as much as I do. I’ve enjoyed every one of her books, and I’m so pleased she is visiting me today. Welcome, Becky. Tell us about your new venture. When I first began to write novels, I hadn’t done too much research into the genres that sell best. I just knew what I loved to read–American historicals and English romances. I cut my teeth on Laura Ingalls Wilder and later on The Kent Family Chronicles by John Jakes, but I also loved reading about English aristocracy with the Cotillion balls, Read More