It’s a lot of fun to introduce my friend Dena Talmage today. Dena and I met while we were teacher’s aides in an autistic classroom in Grandville, Michigan, (the class which inspired me to write Lake Surrender). She was a lot of fun to work with and has quite the mischievous streak. When I turned […]
Looking at Life Through a Child’s Eyes
“Hey Gammi, I know why you married Papa,” my five-year old twin grandson had that look on his face, like he had just discovered some amazing universal truth. I looked up from the book I was reading. “Really?” I was ready for a sweet compliment, an innocent observation, a verbal hug. Ha! Surprise! I should […]
Music, a Balm for Your Soul
I’m not a crier. As a teenager I spent a heavenly week at a Young Life camp in Malibu, Canada. At the end of our session, my cabin mates and I exchanged phone numbers and address. The rest of them also exchanged tears. I was sad to leave my one week of paradise and all […]
Carol Heilman – Let Your Humor Show
Fellow author Carol Heilman has written a sequel to her first book (Agnes Hopper Shakes up SweetBriar) titled, Agnes Hopper Bets on Murder. Modeled after her own mother, protagonist Agnes , a seasoned citizen, is an amateur sleuth who has a nose for crime. To celebrate her second novel, I’ve invited Carol (great name, eh?) […]
Billy Graham 1918 – 2018
A great tree fell and the earth trembled. One of, if not the greatest evangelist of all time has died. I feel fortunate to have once attended one of his crusades. It was in May, 1980 that I was able to hear Billy Graham in person. My husband and I had recently moved across country […]
One big, loud, messy family.
Ten pounds of meatballs, two packages of spaghetti, a mammoth bowl of salad and I was ready for the big shindig at our house… three birthdays at once. Four hours later all that is left is a pile of dirty dishes and snatches of conversation from seven grandchildren (seven years and under) and their parents. […]
