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Monthly Archives: August 2008

Finding the Right Book (Title) – Vote Today!

Girlfriends, God, and Grace — that’s the title of my book. Or it may not be. My editor and I have been talking and the book has evolved and changed some since I first began it five years ago. We’re stuck between two titles — and we love both. Girlfriends, God, and Grace: How to…

The Ugly Baby

I sent in my completed manuscript a few weeks ago and this is the scenario I hoped would happen. Editor: Oh, Mary, I’ve just finished your manuscript and it’s the most amazing, enlightening, uplifting book I’ve read in ages.  Everything is just perfect.  This is reality: Editor: Mary, here’s a long, long list of things…

Remember – Highs and Lows

I’ve started this post about ten different times and in ten different ways.  I know what I want to say but I just don’t know how to get it going.  I tried serious, but I just don’t do serious well.  I end up sounding like a cross between the SNL Church Lady and Whirlpool repair…

Place of Grace

I love reality shows.  There, I admit it and I’m not even ashamed of it.  But I’m not a hit show reality show kind of girl, I love the obscure, the off-beat, the nutty reality shows.   I don’t watch Survivor – too many bugs and weird stuff to eat.  I don’t watch Big Brother, it…

Back to School – Again?

Yesterday, I dropped Paige off for first day of school.  This is her eleventh first day of school and it’s  my fifteenth first day of school as a Mom – and it’s so different than it was a few years back.  I don’t tear up when my little one scampers to the door.  This probably…