Advantage as Blessing and Warning about Taking Advantage
As I read about the devastation from Hurricane Helene, I thought about how people of faith have an advantage in dealing with terrible trials such as this. We know we are not alone. We know who to call upon for help. Those who missed the brunt of Helene know that it...
The conclusion of the matter: fear God and keep His commandments
What was the matter with me? I knew how to handle contentious situations like this with patience and focus on problem-solving and community-building. But as I read the emails among the officers in our neighborhood association—I serve as secretary-treasurer—my gut...
Writing a Memoir Partly About a Person I Never Met, Part II
In the second part of my craft essay, I show how to preserve honesty in a memoir while writing about yourself and others. Wisdom Builds Her House released on August 20th in paperback and e-book formats. The audiobook is now available on Spotify. After several more...
Writing a Memoir Partly About a Person I Never Met, Part I
What happens to us in our youth impacts the rest of our lives. Sorting that out later in life sets us on a hero’s journey. *** I found the journals while cleaning closets during spring break. Six 9-by-6-inch books written by my new husband’s daughter, who had taken...
Where Are You? A History Lesson on Women Writers, Women’s Books
A lesson from personal history today, this essay first published in August 20th’s Women Writers, Women’s Books, link here: http://booksbywomen.org/where-are-you-by-carole-duff/ Housebound on a rainy day, my sisters and I play hide and seek. While one sister covers...
Another scene from Wisdom Builds Her House, now available!
Rough driveway at Vanaprastha 2010 July 1, 2010. While merging into a swirl of traffic on the Baltimore Beltway at Providence Road, my final commute home, I thought about the decision I’d made. I had given up my job, which entailed staying with a colleague during...