The past nine/ten months– the time it takes to grow a baby– we have had broken ribs, brother hit by a bus with nasty recovery, bladder cancer diagnosis, operation, treatments, seizures, scads of discouragement, tragic loss by dear ones, a freaky home...
You are valuable–the lost coin, the sheep God leaves the 99 to find. You are so loved!!! Don’t believe that you are too damaged, too imperfect, too anything that makes you less- than. You so matter. A thought going through my head today that I thought...
Yaaaaahooo! For my current story, I have had a blast researching everything from Victorian undergarments to Coastal Salish traditions. Some days, real life troubles kept me from writing the struggles and joys of my fictional and historical characters. Other days, I...
Christ the Lord is Risen today! It happened sometimes that the grave couldn’t hold lesser men. It also happened, and happens, that people would and do give their lives for others. Thank you! Jesus broke the life/death barrier, sacrificed, so that all people...
The English abolished slavery long before the US did– in 1833. But in 1772, the Mansfield case had already decided that slavery was unsupported by English law. Post 1833, English colonies freed slaves and set up ships at African ports to stop slaves from being...
