Erin Franco
There are seven girls out there who are going to get something special in the mail from me this week.:) Congratulations to Kathryn, Danielle, Kaitlyn, Melissa, Carolyn, Jacquie and Ali! I hope you will love the item you won in the giveaway.:) If you haven’t heard from me already, keep an eye out for a note from me. A heartfelt thanks to Kathryn of St. Clement’s Island Handmade
I haven’t had a July this wonderfully blessed since Michael and I went Facebook Official at camp back in 2006.:) God has blessed me so abundantly this month, and I’m thrilled to share my joy with you. After the past two years of great struggle and grace, this month was like a sunshine of God’s mercy. The Podcast My “baby” is all launched and out of the nest! Introducing The Right Heart this
I have some BIG news coming up pretty soon on the blog. Sorry–I can’t tell you much right now, because (a) there is so much of it, (b) each thing really deserves it’s own post, and (c) I’m coming up with some fun ways to celebrate with you! Stay tuned and make sure you subscribe to the blog (just enter your email in the “Subscribe”
I was thinking recently about all of those times in my life when someone has confronted me about a behavior of mine that was leading me astray in some way. Speaking up when you see a loved one headed in the wrong direction is a spiritual work of mercy, and boy am I thankful to have received that kind of mercy a few times in my
I like to say that I read in growth spurts. I will go weeks without picking up a book at all, and then I’ll read an entire book or two or three in a short period of time. For example, I read most of The Restless Flame in a deer stand recently. I am not the most well-read person on the planet, but here are some books
We don’t have cable at my house–or even local channels. For whatever quirky technology reason, we pretty much only have Netflix through our Xbox. Which is fine with me most of the time. Except for when Downton Abbey came along. I devoured the first two seasons on DVD last summer, and now that Season 3 is here, I’ve been trying to figure out a way
Lately, I’ve been looking back on my not-married-no-kids self, my married-no-kids self, and my married-one-kid self. And I alternately have to laugh or cringe at some of my self-righteous, uncharitable assumptions about parents, and–I’m ashamed to say–plain old snobbery at times. Of course, I didn’t dream I was any of those things at the time. I realize now how hard I used to be on parents in
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