by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 28, 2021 | Family, holidays, Love, Memories
Christmas has been a little strange this year. We’re in the midst of moving to a new town so I can start a new job. Which means traveling to see family was a no-go. Then it was 70 degrees over the weekend, and we had windows open on Christmas Day. Not very...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 16, 2021 | Family, Memories, Writing
Does anyone write actual letters anymore? I mean the newsy, chatty, keeping-up-with-people-we-love kinds of letters. One of my greatest treasures is a collection of letters from my grandmother. She was from a generation that hadn’t given up paper and pen for the...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 29, 2021 | Church, Family, Love, Memories
I’m hopelessly sentimental. That’s part of the reason I love writing stories set in the recent past. It’s like getting to time travel and hang out with my grandparents and great-grandparents! So when my cousins in Pennsylvania boxed up a bunch of...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 24, 2021 | books, Dreams, Memories, Writing
After snagging Book of the Year at the Selah Awards last month, The Right Kind of Fool is making me proud once again by being named as a finalist for an American Christian Fiction Writers Carol Award in the historical category. The winner will be announced in...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 21, 2021 | Family, Food, Memories
Yesterday was my second Father’s Day without Dad. It was also West Virginia Day! Two important holidays in my world. Which got me to thinking, that if I’d spent the day with Dad, we probably would have enjoyed his favorite WV meal–beans and cornbread...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 13, 2021 | Memories, Nature
Summer is right around the corner and that means WATERMELON time! Growing up watermelon was such a fun summer treat. We had it at Farm Bureau picnics, family reunions, cookouts, and any ole time for a refreshing treat. We even grew watermelon some years. A time or...
