Baby-Surfing
How one adventureous toddler gets his thrills. [...]
Meet Joseph
July 13, 2017 Meet Joseph Jaquline’s favorite series of stories right now is The Devonians. She loves the short, easy to read, stories with “bright colors” (Christina illustrates the covers in bold crayon) and “big words” (the lettering is large print). Each of the Devonians stories follows a different child [...]
Double Break
Once upon a time, the princess had a double break [...]
Capturing Places
June 24, 2017 Captured Places Have you ever walked through a place you loved so much you drew scale drawings of it and built models? I love architecture. I plan each building and area – in most of my stories, even down to the plants and what color flowers are [...]
Butterfly Dryer
June 22, 2017 Butterfly Dryer My Dad calls them “butterflies.” Little coincidences that God orchestrates just so. It’s almost like God says “I know you need this, here you go.” It can be something simple like a kind word or a child’s smile, something amazing like trust, belief, or healing, [...]
Question For Inspiration
Why do you say "curiosity killed the cat?" [...]
Cousin Train
June 15, 2017 Cousin Train Some days you just need to laugh! When cousins are over, that laughter is always bouncing off the walls. The big girls raced by each pushing a tomato box across the wooden floor. Mandy squealed from Jaquline’s box (“faster!”). Isaac peered up from behind his [...]
A Princess for Jaquline
May 26, 2017 A Princess Story For Jaquline Jaquline loves to read. As a toddler she loved snuggling with me and reading “a princess story” (what she called any story with a girl in it). Her favorites were “A Little Princess,” “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm,” “The Lion, the Witch, [...]
The Chicken Castle
May 25, 2017 The Chicken Castle It was one of those days when I felt productive. I’d managed to get the house cleaned, was hanging my third load of laundry, had finished catching up financial reports after our move, and everyone was still breathing. Then there was a squeal [...]