by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 23, 2013 | Appalachian, Church, Family, Friends, Miracles
I LOVE my family. I feel so firmly rooted in the family that surrounded me as I grew up in WV. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins. Oh my, the cousins I have. I think there are some I have yet to meet. And others who are practically sisters. But wait. Some of my...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 20, 2013 | Reading
Most fiction is written in either the first (I, me) or the third (he, she, they) person. I like reading them both and have written in each. (Blogging certainly lends itself to the first person.) But when I jump into a novel it’s third person all the way. Why?...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 18, 2013 | Appalachian, Miracles, Poetry
It’s one week ’til we celebrate the birth of our savior. Here’s a musical interlude from Mark O’Connor’s album, Appalachian Christmas. O’Connor on violin, Yo-Yo Ma on cello, and Allison Krauss singing. A foretaste of heaven,...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 16, 2013 | Family, Waiting
How many times did I say that when I was a kid (don’t answer, Mom). The standard response was to offer me a variety of tasks to keep me busy. You know, cleaning my room, pulling weeds in the garden, doing my homework. But now I’m an adult and I have my...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 13, 2013 | Miracles
So, this is technically a commercial for WestJet, but WATCH IT. These people totally get Christmas. I cried. Matthew 7:7-8, 12 – “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives;...
