Book Signing at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

April 14, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I’m excited to announce that I will be at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on the afternoon of Sunday, April 24th to sign my novel Sticks and Stones! I’ll be in the Young Adult area with my fellow Acorn authors at the Acorn Publishing booth. Stay tuned for more info about my upcoming […]

The Power of a “Fit” Mind

August 29, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

Oh, the power of that mind of ours. In one brief moment, we have the ability to fire all the synapses in our brains that will make us either feel positive and at one with things or fearful and out of sorts. “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by […]

4-week Faith Based Fitness Session Times and Registration

August 2, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

4–Week Faith Based Fitness Session Tuesday and Thursday Evenings – 5:15-6:15 Beginning Tuesday, October 1st $5 per class or $30.00 for entire session of 8 classes – See Class Dates Below. Some classes are rescheduled due to space availability. (Register/Pay Below or on first day of class. Check, cash, credit cards accepted.) Bring yoga mat, […]

Blessings Count: Immeasurable; Problems Count: Insignificant

June 28, 2019.Reading time 12 minutes.

Funny that today is one in which I began my morning singing aloud to Rend Collective’s “Counting Every Blessing.” God must have known that today would be one in which I need to count my blessings, not my problems, which truly, when you hear them, are not real problems. They are what some might call […]

Bigger than this

March 16, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

My dear, sweet friend is very sick. As I began to type this, she was in the Critical Care Unit fighting for her life, and my heart, as strong as it wants to be, has felt a bit broken. Three days ago she called to ask if I could take her to Urgent Care, and […]

Look Up – I’m Sending Some Sky.

February 22, 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

The sky. We always know it’s there. Every day I look out my window or walk outside and see it. It tells me what I might wear, whether it’s sunny or cloudy, rainy or dry, whether I need sunscreen or an umbrella, practical things like that. But lately, I’ve been paying more attention, and I’ve […]

Too Much Stuff? Want Hope? Talk to an Eighth Grader.

January 22, 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

Sometimes hope is found in the places we don’t expect, hidden among the bad stuff, or the mundane stuff, or the unnoticed and taken for granted stuff. The difficulty is that sometimes all that “stuff” gets in the way of seeing any hope. Sometimes we need to look a little closer, be a little quieter, […]

Where Hope Comes From

January 10, 2019.Reading time 12 minutes.

“Blessed are those who trust the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along a riverbank with roots that reach deep within the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they never stop […]

When Words Aren’t Enough

November 14, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

I have remained very quiet in the midst of all the chaos that has reigned in my brilliant community of Thousand Oaks, CA. I have watched the news and read the social media posts with fear and sadness over the brokenness and loss so many are facing, and with so many thoughts running through me, […]

Beneath the Surface

September 19, 2018.Reading time 8 minutes.

We’ve recently had a vast outcropping of mushrooms on our back lawn. When a few first appeared, I thought it was a bit unusual, but figured they would disappear altogether after my husband mowed the lawn. Nope, exactly the opposite occurred. After mowing the lawn at least twice, after pulling them out with our hands, […]

Of Common Ground

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