Paula Scott's Blog, page 2
September 21, 2018
Dear Selfie Church
I know you. I’m with you. I took twenty-nine selfies this summer. That’s going from nearly zero halfway to sixty in three short months. I wasn’t a selfie taker until a friend said to me this past spring, “I want to see more pictures of you in the orchard. Please show us what you do […]
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September 3, 2018
I need your input… will you help me pick my next book cover?
I didn’t set out to write a love story. I was just trying to heal. Trying to make sense of a breakdown. I once believed I wrote out of a big imagination, but this year, I learned I write out of my wounds. In an attempt to heal myself, I bleed on paper. In my […]
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August 7, 2018
When Bad Things Bring Good To Your Life
I never dreamed cancer and a breakdown would return me to farming, but that’s how it happened. The month I was diagnosed with melanoma, we lost our health insurance due to the rise of Obamacare. We had to pay out of pocket for my treatment, and then just a few months later, I had my breakdown. […]
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July 24, 2018
Want to be happier? Consider your hormones.
I’m a hugger. I love hugging people. Each time I throw my arms around someone, a little burst of pleasure shoots through me. Does this happen to you? If it does, you might be an oxytocin addict like me. Both a neurotransmitter and a hormone, oxytocin is often called ‘the love hormone.’ Hugging releases oxytocin […]
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July 17, 2018
Your body doesn’t need to be perfect, it needs to be useful
While our daughters were growing up, I tried not to step on a scale and encouraged them to do the same. I didn’t want our girls to obsess over their weight. I purged the house of women’s magazines with skinny models and drove Cami and Lacy to soccer, volleyball, and horseback riding lessons. I wanted our […]
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July 4, 2018
To Our Cabin With Love
I learned to walk on your front porch. Kissed a boy there too. Plucked slivers from my feet and painted my toenails with my cousins on your sunny deck. Tried to tan in your bright sunshine, got burned instead, and have hidden under an umbrella’s shade since surviving melanoma five years ago. This year, I […]
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June 25, 2018
Hey, young mom, you’re doing just fine… don’t Google it!
I’m so glad I had most of my babies before social media, before organic diapers, before those dangerous baby wipes that could make your baby’s butt fall off. I know. It’s a scary world for moms today. So much information out there. Should you vaccinate? Medicate? Hibernate? Maybe it’s better not to take your baby […]
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Hey young mom, you’re doing just fine… but don’t Google it!
I’m so glad I had most of my babies before social media, before organic diapers, before those dangerous baby wipes that could make your baby’s butt fall off. I know. It’s a scary world for moms today. Should you vaccinate? Medicate? Hibernate? Maybe it’s better not to take your baby anywhere. Maybe you should just […]
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June 18, 2018
Happy Summer Reading
Before we fell headlong into farming, summer was trips to the beach, camping at our cabin, and curling up with a good book. These days with our harvest lasting all summer long, I have very little time for reading, but I can still dream. If you enjoy Christian historical romance, here is a great way […]
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June 11, 2018
Publishers Weekly found me amongst the fruit
Very excited to share today that The Mother Keeper made it into Publishers Weekly. Here is their review: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/r... In a departure from her historical romances, Scott (California Rising series) delves into contemporary dangers with this inspirational novel about the power of secrets. In Colorado Springs, Colo., Jenny and Ken McBride believe that they are […]
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