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the latest on the blog…
joy connections (again)…
When life is hard, moments of joy can help you keep going. But how do you find those moments? How do you feel joy in the midst of it all? I have to look for them. Intentionally and deliberately, keeping my eyes open for them and being aware of them when they appear. I have…
it’s still the little things…
I’ve written before about how it’s often the little things that can brighten a day and bring a bit of joy. Little things that can help with continuing to go on, moment by moment, through the difficult days. It’s the times of taking a walk – whether by myself, or with my husband, or with…
coffee and cornbread, a moment of calm…
Morning sunshine spills through the windows, and the air is filled with the smells of coffee brewing and cornbread cooking. On the radio tucked into a corner on the counter, the DJ gives the local temperature and then a favorite 80s tune comes on. Standing in the kitchen on this chilly February morning, I have…

It’s 1943, and the lives of the Thornton family have been turned upside down by son Robbie’s wartime death and the family’s unexpected move to a small farm. New Life in New Melody is my novel that tells this family’s story of coming to terms with life’s unwanted changes. The book is available in paperback, hardcover, and Kindle here.


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