by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
Oh, Christmas memories! “Up on the Housetop” came on the radio and I caught myself singing along. And just like that I was in the backseat of the family car snapping my fingers to the “click, click, click” of reindeer hooves while Dad led the...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
Well that’s done! I can check turning 40 off my list of things to do. And honestly, it was a wonderful birthday. Co-workers decorated my office with balloons, signs and lots of 40-themed stuff. Friends took me to lunch and baked me a cake. Family members called...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 25, 2011 | Uncategorized, Waiting
There’s been quite a bit of news coverage of the way Black Friday has started to bleed over into Thanksgiving Day. A number of retailers were open well before midnight on Thursday. There’s been criticism of consumerism, talk of the bad economy and even...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
I just finished Courting Morrow Little–Laura Frantz’s second novel. I loved it almost as much as The Frontiersman’s Daughter, which I wrote about here. While I liked Lael Click’s character and story a smidgen more than I did Morrow...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 9, 2011 | Uncategorized, Waiting
On Wednesday I wrote about The Me Project by Kathi Lipp. Part of that project is coming up with 50 goals that you record in a journal or notebook leaving room to track what, if anything, you do to work toward each goal. I LOVE this idea. Right now my primary goal is...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
She was dying. She’d beaten cancer back time and again. This time, she raised her chin in the air and told everyone it was alright. No more cures almost as bad as the disease. No fighting the inevitable. Because, ultimately, life enfolds death. Not enemies, but...