Book Review: The Gift of Summer Snow
The Gift of Summer Snow by Donna Alice Patton is a beautiful, wholesome quality mystery novel for young girls about age seven to thirteen. Eleven-year-old Becky loves to garden and she is determined to win a top prize at the county fair with her Summer Snow rose. The problem? Someone is snatching her best blooms!
My latest author interview
Tumblar House, the publisher of my suspense thriller, Frozen Footprints, recently sent me great interview questions that really made me think, such as, “What inspired you to write this book?”, “Are experiences based on someone you know, or events in your own life?”, and (my personal favorite) “What has been the toughest criticism given to
May Crowning: Make a Silk Flower Crown for Mary
May is a beautiful month, filled with spring, flowers, and honoring mothers. Fittingly, the Catholic Church dedicates all of May to our Heavenly Mother and then celebrates the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin on the last day of the month. With this in mind, I recently made a simple silk flower crown with my children
Where’s that Mother’s Day nap I waited all year for?
After almost 7 years of marriage, I’ve been pregnant 5 times. I miscarried twice, and successfully gave birth to 3 children. I’m a stay-at-home mom who homeschools and, when time allows (almost never), I write (novels or blog posts) when I should probably be cleaning something. At times, my sanity hangs by a thread. It
A Nest Necklace in memory of my little ones
Easter morning, as my kids hunted for their baskets, I noticed a little package among the mail awaiting me on the kitchen counter. I quickly opened the package and slid out this lovely, unique necklace: I gazed at it thoughtfully for a long moment, remembering. Fittingly called a “Nest Necklace,” each blue bead represents my