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Another Homewood Christmas – Book Release!

Good morning, friends! I have some very exciting news for you today! Another Homewood Christmas is releasing today – a super fun collection of novellas by myself and some amazing friends of mine. I’ve been so privileged to work alongside these awesome ladies for almost a year now, and this collection in particular was a lot of fun.

Another Homewood Christmas

By Courtenay Burden, Chelsea Burden, Erika Mathews, Bethany M. Griggs, Rebekah A. Morris, Olivia Godfrey, and Hannah Foster

Co...

Gone

To anybody who wishes to know… the following is a random, somewhat confused tribute to the precious little darling we said goodbye to this morning. If it’s heresy, forgive me. I don’t know what to think, and I’m too tired to care.

I don’t know what to hold onto in the emptiness of a life without you…

I just want to hold your body, warm and soft against my own, and feel the gentle rhythm of your little heart, beating against mine.

I want to stroke your silky fur one more time, and gi...

A Birthday Tribute

Seven months ago, the world lost one of its greatest women.

Today would have been her 97th birthday.

I almost get emotional just thinking about it. Last week, when I watching a documentary that briefly touched on her passing, I felt tears springing to my eyes and a great ache rising in my heart.

I miss her.

When the news of her death reached me, I cried like when I lost my grandmother. I felt lost and crushed as if something strong and anchoring had gone out of my life. Because i...

A Cozy Evening

It’s a cozy evening to sit in a chair and do nothing.

Never mind that I have a cold.

Never mind that I nearly blew away on my little walk home from work, and it’s still blustering and blowing outside.

Never mind that my back aches, and I’m SO tired, and I could almost go to sleep sitting here.

It’s good to be sitting here.

The fire is crackling warmly, and I feel like sinking into it’s warmth. The six-year-old and the two-year-old are playing wrastling games on the floor, and (if ...

Too Much Sense of Humour

Sometimes I wonder if my sense of humour may be a little bit too strong…

After all, I’m the person who laughs at random conversations in grocery stores, pharmacies and optometry offices… (although I still think I was justified in laughing when a fellow pharmecy shopper observed loudly to a friend, “But you know that day, he said he wasn’t feeling well before he ate the soup”!)

I’m also the person who laughs at the cranky two-year-old who won’t be satisfied with anything but MOM – MOM who w...

2022 – Year in Books

Okay, so I’ve never done this before, and I wasn’t really planning on it this year. But I was video chatting this week with my friend, Katja, who is definitely the most voracious bookworm I’ve ever known, and she asked if I was planning to do a wrap-up of this year’s reading. And the more I thought about it, the more I decided I would!

While it IS possible I finish one or two more books in 2022, this is when I felt like doing this post, so… yeah

So here it is… a bit random and rambling… m...

To Light a Candle

Good morning, and happy Saturday, friends! I don’t often share stories I’ve written on my blog, but today there’s one that’s tugging on my heart, begging to be shared… It’s purely fiction, in case you’re wondering, inspired by how beautiful a burning match looked when I was lighting a candle. I hope you enjoy!

To Light A Candle

I still can’t bring myself to blow out a match. I’ve been trying every day for a month, but I can’t do it. I stand there and stare at the match in my hand, and I ca...

Know the Novel, Part One

Hello Friends! Today I’m joining in the first part of the “Know the Novel” linkup, hosted by Christine Smith! I couldn’t decide whether to participate in this linkup, but because today is my last chance, and since my inspiration is a little bit at low ebb and I need to dive into drafting tomorrow, I’m taking the plunge, and here I am!

This is the first of three parts to the linkup – one each in October, November and December (which is why this is my last chance to join!)

Well, let’s di...

Book Release: A Homewood Christmas!

Hello Friends! Today I’m so excited to introduce to you a book I’ve been eagerly waiting for ever since I was let into the secret when it was still the mystery project of the KDWC Aunties! I was excited about it then, and I’m even more excited now, because what’s not to like? A cozy Christmas collection about family, faith and all the things that make Christmas most meaningful…

About A Homewood Christmas

By Courtenay Burden, Erika Mathews, Hannah Gridley, Angie Thompson, Rebekah A. Mor...

You’re Invited to King’s Daughters Writing Camp, November 2022!

All image credits for this post go to the Unofficial KDWC Street Team

Hello Friends! Today I’m excited to spotlight something that I’m not sure I’ve mentioned all that much on here, and that is the King’s Daughters Writing Camp! I really can’t tell you how much KDWC has impacted my life, encouraged my writing and introduced to me wonderful Christian ladies, some of whom have become close friends!

We’re now into our third year of operation, and I’m happy to say another camp is starting soon...