A little later on, I’ll finish telling you the rest of the Tea Party Story. For tonight though, the tale I have to tell doesn’t have such a happy ending because it is a tale about being heartrendingly close to the end of our days with Snowy. Within the next 24-36 hours, the vet will come to our home and send Snowy off on his…
When Sarah told Taylor and Hope that she wanted to celebrate her 17th birthday with a Tea Party, she mentioned the word “vintage” when the conversation turned to what everyone was going to wear. I’m not exactly sure what Sarah had in mind when she said that particular word, but it was great fun to see how it was interpreted by her lovely, creative…
Sarah, started writing a novel when she was ten. Six years later, she’s still working on it and will continue to do so for another couple of years before she (possibly) considers it to be (almost) complete. As all writers know, great books are not written, they are rewritten. And they are edited. And then they are edited again. And again. And sometimes those edits…
Yesterday, I was on the road eight hours (between travel time and my actual meeting) and then I traveled another four hours today following our morning church service. May I just say that my hinder most parts are slightly fatigued. Today’s jaunt took Sarah and me to the halfway point where we met Sarah’s friend, Hope, and her mom. Hope has journeyed here to…
It's hard to believe I've been blogging that long. Many of you have been following since the first word was written all those years ago. Thanks to both old-timers and newcomers for being part of our story.
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