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    We’re All Done With Santa Claus, and I Have Big Feelings About It

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    Last week, the final Santa Claus believer in our house hung up his red hat trimmed in white. Our 11-year-old son and his father had a man-to-man talk on their way to the grocery store. My husband opened up by saying, “I think it’s time we had a chat about Santa.”

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    Spring Update from the Writing Desk

    Good gracious! It's been a long winter. Spring slips in and out, teasing us with her balmy weather and earthy scent. Winter grapples with her, wanting to throw a few good freezing jabs our way before he finally relents and…

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    It’s Been a Year: Lessons from 2021

    As 2020 came to a close on this day last year, I exhaled a prayer of thanks. It was, after all, an awful year. As ever, December is a month of anticipation, reflection, and hope for me. Looking back to…

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    Escaping the Dungeon of Self-Doubt

    Three years ago, I started writing a manuscript. It was a story idea that had been knocking around in my head for a couple of years. Unfortunately, I wrote myself into a corner.

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    Choosing Present Over Productive

    My family just returned from a two-month road trip. Seriously, the stuff of dreams. After 18 years of teaching, my husband and I finally had a 100% work-free summer and traveled the country with our children. It was pure magic.…

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    3 Things I Learned So Far in 2021

    Unbelievable to think we are well into April already, isn’t it? While 2020 crawled along like a wounded animal to the new year, this year seems to be the opposite. We’re bounding ahead on the calendar and everyday life is…

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    You Can’t Drive a Parked Car

    Momentum is hard to come by sometimes. External circumstances, internal conflict, or a combination of the two often keep us in "park" when we should be "driving" in life. And I'm getting tired of it.

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    The Wisdom of Bob Ross for Writers

    Bob Ross was much more than a source of painting entertainment. He was a fount of wisdom, much of which applies to writers...

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    An Interview with Robin W. Pearson: Faith and Southern Roots Run Deep

    I first met Robin W. Pearson some years back at a friend's home. Later, we briefly attended the same writers' group...

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    There’s Power in Planning

    Failure to plan well took a toll on my writing life in 2020. This proved to be a valuable lesson as I enter 2021.

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    The Triumphant Rise of the Shlumpadinka

    Ringing in 2020 felt so exciting before we knew better. A new decade, a blank calendar page—lots of hope and promise ahead. We barely got the champagne flutes washed and put away before COVID consumed our collective consciousness. Our shiny…

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