June 2021 Update

Ready for more of Xander and Gia’s story? Unprecedented is live for pre-order! If you loved Undefeated, get ready for book 2 of Xander and Gia’s story–more trouble cropping up, more family making life interesting, and more testing of their...

March 2021 Newsletter

What a whirlwind month it’s been so far. Personal news first.  We found out baby’s gender at the end of February. We are getting ourselves a girl gang, my friends! My oldest shed a few tears because she wanted a brother, but not to be. The day after we...

February 2021 Newsletter

Is it possible that we’re finally creeping up on the end of winter? My daffodils certainly think so with their optimistic greenery pushing through the cold dirt and the robins have come back sooner than usual to gift us with their happy songs. I know you’re as ready...

Passports Tips

I don’t know many people who are crazy enough to travel internationally with their babies. Okay, I know a few. With the birth of our second child, we will have applied for 6 child passports by the time we are finished between the two of them. We made our share...

Speaking into Grief

It’s said bad things happen in threes, but lately pain and grief has felt like a tsunami coming in never-ending waves. Every time I open social media there is a death of a friend/friend’s parent/baby, a cancer diagnosis, a catastrophe happening around the...

The Freedom’s Cry Series

If you hang around me on social media at all, by now you must know I have a third novel coming out in March! It’s an honest-to-goodness fight to get your creative work off the hard drive and into the hands of real-life people who have opinions. Hearing...
A Table For You

A Table For You

Everyone has an ideal of what their perfect table would look like. Long, round, wooden, plastic, short, standard. Subconsciously, we put our expectations into the way we live–how our community will gather around that table, or the accomplishments that will be...
Traveling Internationally with a Baby

Traveling Internationally with a Baby

Before heading off on our first international trip with a 1 year old, I did research and talked to experienced friends about what to expect. I didn’t really find a lot of applicable advice online because my guess is that sensible people aren’t traveling...
A Fresh Take: The Pregnant Immigrant

A Fresh Take: The Pregnant Immigrant

**This is not a political post** Once upon a time, a teenager became pregnant. She was really excited about it, but her boyfriend wasn’t. See, he was not the father of the baby. Things were a little dicey between them for a bit. The teen was an immigrant living...
The Power of Your Heartbeat

The Power of Your Heartbeat

I’ve found immense pleasure in my new role as mom. (What’s with all the negativity, people?) My husband and I laughed through the first few weeks of her life at all the hilarious facial expressions and totally normal things like sneezing that surprised...
Social Media: Our Rush to Relevancy

Social Media: Our Rush to Relevancy

2016 has been such an diverse news year here in the US. And of course, after all of the media storm is over about one thing, something else pops up and sweeps up everyone’s attention. People have been so annoyed about the conversations going on that memes have...
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