Happy New Year, friend! Here we are again. Beautiful, blank planners ready to be filled with dreams and dates and deadlines. Possibilities hang heavy in the chilly air as we exhale from our season of festivities and think all things fresh and clean and new. After rather enjoying my last year’s word (STORY),  I’ve spent some time pondering what my “one word” for 2024 might be, and it’s not dramatic or daring or dazzling. It’s “WISDOM”…

Hi friend, I’ve been waiting to share “An Essay to My Younger Self” with you since it won first place in the Institute For Writers contest—and now I have permission and it seems like a perfect reflection piece as the sun begins to set on another year. This is a slight departure from my regular musings, but I hope you’ll take a couple of minutes to read it and be encouraged or inspired—whatever your season of life. Enjoy…

When December arrives, I know it’s time for me to quit dilly-dallying and select some of my favourite books I’ve read this year. The process is SO RIDICULOUSLY DIFFICULT, but I’ve finally come up with my “Six Sweet Reads in 2023” to share. This is especially helpful if you need a few recommendations to add to your own reading list, if you have bookish loved ones who need a gift, or if you’re just plain curious about which titles rose to the top of my book stack…

Friends, in case you haven’t heard—my new Christmas novella SNOW GLOBE SECRETS is here! It was released this month and is book-baby number 10 for me (which is CRAZY!), but the thrill of a brand-new book in the world never gets old. So, grab a hot chocolate or a peppermint mocha and cozy up while we talk all things behind the scenes in Snow Globe Secrets…

Hey friends, I’m delighted to announce I’ll be one of the workshop speakers at the upcoming hope*story conference in FLORIDA this January! Not only am I ecstatic to be trading Canadian snow for Sarasota sunshine, but I also have the joy of hanging out with other writers, speakers, podcasters, and entrepreneurs who want to share their hope-filled words. Plus, I’m totally fangirling over the keynote speaker…

What does one do with a spare afternoon in England? Allow me to suggest BOOKS & BUNS IN BATH. While in the UK last month, Lyndon and I were able to slip away for a 4-hour stroll down Memory Lane in one of my favourite cities in the whole wide world! With a strong affection for bookstores and coffee shops (hands up who’s with me), I was intentional in planning how those 4 hours were going down. We ended up having the best time and I hereby invite you to stroll with us…

Thirty-five years. How have we sailed three-and-a-half decades together on the ocean of life, all those years of marriage in our effervescent wake? After a magical Maui vacation celebrating our anniversary, here I sit in my white office chair at my overly-cluttered desk… my tan fading and those pesky peel-y bits flaking. I’m surrounded by books, to-do lists, a manuscript that needs writing, and a Frenchie who needs walking, but I’m taking a minute to pause and process these 3 things: marriage, music, and Maui. In my mind’s eye, as I stare out over turquoise waters, my husband’s arms wrapped around my waist, his unshaven chin resting on my sun-kissed shoulder, I pray for another 35 years, please… or maybe just come back very soon, Lord Jesus, because I now have rather a taste for paradise!

Hey fellow book lover, how do you choose your next read? Perhaps you’re a “mood reader” and rely on your emotions to lead you along the bookshelf, or perhaps you’re an organized “list queen” and follow your TBR (to-be-read) list to a T. Or perhaps you’re a “seasonal reader” and take inspiration from the rhythms of nature and what’s happening outside your kitchen window. If the latter sounds of interest to you, lean in as I share these six spring reads…

Anyone who knows me well will agree that patience is not exactly my shiniest virtue, and if you know anything about the writing world, you’ll be aware that it is not famous for its expeditiousness. It’s a life of perpetual waiting. But friend, I would like to encourage YOU today if you are in a season of waiting, whatever that looks like. You see, I’ve been waiting for the “write” time to have a particularly special book series published—and finally, I have exciting news to share…