My Favorite Time of Year

I can’t believe another winter has come and gone. Time flies! Julia has just turned 4, and Luke is 15 months. I’m looking out of my office window right now, taking in the bright magenta blossoms on my flowering crabapple I planted when we built our house. It smells like heaven. Something about this time [...]

Summer Reading

I’ve been reading a collection of short stories by Lee Smith. Me and My Baby View The Eclipse. Good stuff! I read her novel, Saving Grace, while we were vacationing at the beach. I love everything by Lee Smith. She writes about real people. Not just how she thinks real people live, but how they [...]

Mothering and Writing Ain’t Easy

After giving birth to my second child five months ago, I was prepared–or so I thought. After my first baby was born in 2004, I started writing Finding Lilies to free my mind during her naps. I enjoyed escaping into my fictional world. It left me refreshed and ready to be a mommy again.
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It’s that time of year again…

There is something magical about spring. As soon as I see the Bradford pears coming to life and boasting their lush branches and moonlit blooms, I take off my shoes and dig my toes into the rich, red Alabama clay. Spring brings back all of the most precious memories of my youth–a childhood spent with [...]