by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 25, 2016 | Love, Waiting
If you read last Monday’s post, you know I shared my experience of having a minor stroke. I’m ten days out now, and doing remarkably well. The only lingering effects seem to be some bruised ribs from falling and continued numbness in two finger of my left...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jan 11, 2016 | Family, Friends, Waiting
I was driving to a speaking engagement Sunday morning, listening to the radio. Every other story was about how no one had won the US Powerball Lottery which meant the next drawing–on Wednesday–would likely reach $1.3 billion. I don’t play the lottery...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 15, 2015 | Appalachian, Family, Reading, Waiting
My Mom was kind of sad when she found out she could only ready my novella, Appalachian Serenade, digitally. My mother-in-law has yet to read it since she wouldn’t know how to read something on a screen. But soon, the whole world will be able to hold Appalachian...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 1, 2015 | Appalachian, Family, Waiting
I make it a policy to avoid regret as much as possible. It just doesn’t do any good. But there is ONE thing I regret. I wish I’d studied harder for the Golden Horseshoe Test when I was in eighth grade. I am NOT a Lady of the Golden Horseshoe although my...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 14, 2015 | Waiting
When I was little, my grandmother often told me that time picks up speed as you get older. She was right. But while I’ve become more aware of the passage of time and how quickly it flies by, the increasing speed doesn’t bother me as much as I thought it...
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...