Published on July 2, 2020
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No great emotion is realized fully until one can see the other side of it. Death makes us appreciate life. Illness makes us appreciate good health. Poverty helps us appreciate the little things, and the list goes on. The Journey follows one couple’s quest from creation through many different lives, and surpasses many years and eras while in search of each other. Their father sent them on this educational journey to learn many facets of living…
Published on July 2, 2020
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Maybe there was a book I could recommend to my clients. But, I started reading some of the newer industry books, and was appalled at what I found…
Published on June 25, 2020
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Using real people’s personalities, this author created fictional characters that are believable AND fascinating!
Published on June 25, 2020
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One of the Christmas cards caught my attention. It depicted a giant ornately decorated snowman standing in the center of a snow covered path. I live in an apartment building. Next door, there is a forest with a path that has been deliberately cut though the trees – just like that in the card!
Published on June 18, 2020
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During my lengthy reading, she exclaimed, “Learn Feng Shui, write a book, and open a company reflecting energy-work. You will be successful…”
Published on June 18, 2020
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Creative flood gates had opened within me and all I wanted to do was WRITE!
Published on June 11, 2020
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I began writing for “traditional” Catholic publications, and asking questions. I did not like the answers I received…
Published on June 11, 2020
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I never had any intention of becoming an author or speaker. But somehow, the words and stories found me. It all started when I had some thoughts about giving that began bubbling up in me. With sheer terror coursing through my body, I presented my brief message to our church congregation and…
Published on May 31, 2020
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My journey to writing was not a “Light Bulb” moment, but was, instead, a series of lanterns set beside a very long path. Lantern No. 1 was a bored 9-year-old girl who, instead of playing outside in the mosquito-laden Minnesota summer, sat at her grandmother’s wooden farm table, and wrote story after story in her […]
Published on May 21, 2020
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Then, on March 21, the story of Tanya’s rescue from the hands of a pedophile riveted the world. Reporters descended upon her father’s house. Jerry’s phone rang incessantly with interview requests. The quarrel with his neighbor dissipated into a distant concern. Everything to come was like nothing I could have imagined…
