by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jan 17, 2014 | Appalachian, Family, Friends, Miracles, Reading, Waiting
In just over six months my novel will be on store shelves. People will read it (I hope) and they’ll have opinions about it. I’ve known for a while that this was the plan. But in the past week it’s begun to feel very much REAL. The Baker Publishing...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jan 13, 2014 | Friends, Miracles
I had an epiphany this past weekend. I LIKE making do. You know, those times when you don’t have exactly what you need, but you make things work out anyway. Like when a recipe calls for buttermilk and you only have sweet milk. You just add a little lemon juice...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jan 3, 2014 | Family, Friends, Miracles, Waiting
Moms make the world go round. When I reviewed my blog posts for 2013 I thought announcing my publishing contract would be the most popular. So many of you commented and traffic spiked. And hey, I’m cool with reliving that moment! But that wasn’t what...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jan 1, 2014 | Appalachian, Family, Food, Friends, Waiting
I married a southern boy, so my New Year’s traditions now include collard greens, black-eyed peas, and football. Fine traditions all! Especially when you add in some corn bread and thick-cut bacon. But back home in WV, we have slightly different traditions. Mom...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 27, 2013 | Family, Friends, Miracles, Reading, Waiting
I’m excited for so many people to read my novel. My parents, my brothers, in-laws, other kin from nieces and nephews to aunts and uncles and all the cousins in between. Friends who come in the guise of co-workers, my church family, neighbors, and others. Such a...
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...
