by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 3, 2015 | Miracles
A week ago yesterday I burnt my hand. Not just a little singe, but a proper, big-time burn. My husband had sweetly turned the element on under the teakettle on our sealed-surface stove. I walked into the kitchen, picked up the kettle to make sure there was enough...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 18, 2015 | Appalachian, Family, Love, Memories, Miracles
During this last trip back to the farm in West Virginia, Dad let me gather up old photos and letters so I can preserve them. A wooden box probably isn’t the best container! I’ve sifted through them and am really looking forward to putting everything into...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 8, 2015 | Love, Miracles, Reading, Waiting
Last week on SouthernBelleView I asked readers to share true love stories in order to be entered to win a copy of Until the Harvest. Just let me say, after reading the comments I realized this was a brilliant idea (which means the credit for it lies elsewhere!). I...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 1, 2015 | Appalachian, Love, Miracles
Happy June! I’m turning in the manuscript for the third book in the Appalachian Blessings series today and feel like celebrating. So I thought I’d give away a copy of my recently released book #2–Until the Harvest. Until the Harvest features the next...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 21, 2015 | Friends, Miracles, Waiting
The Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference just gave me my first award as a published author. It is, as you might expect, a pretty wonderful feeling. And making it even more wonderful is the fact that I got to celebrate my award with one of my favorite...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 27, 2015 | Miracles, Reading
Saying that God wrote your book is something of a joke in Christian publishing. Because while really, hopefully, He did have an awful lot to do with it, you still want to walk that fine line between being inspired and sounding, um, nutty. While I certainly give God...