I often hear it spoken out loud, online or during visiting times. “I am focusing on the positive.” or “Keeping my focus on what is good right now.” Other times I hear “I don’t want to speak of the bad.” “I would rather...
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All’s Fair in Love and Cupcakes by Betsy St. Amant
Reviewed by Martha Artyomenko Book Description: Kat inspected rows of the same old cupcakes. They seemed to blink back at her, as if they knew she was capable of so much more. Kat Varland has had enough of chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry. At twenty-six years old,...
Daughter of Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky
About This Book: What if the title, the estate, the life of security and splendor… what if it isn’t enough? Strong-willed and beautiful, debutante Katherine Ramsey feels ready to take the London social season by storm, and she must. Her family estate, Highland Hall,...
Menu for the week
Whenever I ask the boys what to make for dinner, I generally can expect two replies! “Lasagna!!” and then when I tell them I don’t have the stuff for it, the next on the list is “Pizza!!” Homemade pizza is always a hit, although I have to...
The Weight of the World
Worn. Tired. Confused. Sometimes you have those feelings that shoot through the veins of a mother. As I rest from another day, I think aloud on this piece of paper. My heart feels heavy with the weight of the knowledge of pain in this world. I know there are things...
Always On My Mind by Susan May Warren
Reviewed by Martha Artyomenko About the Book: (From the author’s website) A Christiansen Family Novel:Book 4 After a failed dig in Honduras, aspiring archaeologist Casper Christiansen heads home to Minnesota to face his unresolved feelings for Raina Beaumont,...
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