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 30, 2013 | Church, Miracles, Waiting
Not only did Christmas NOT begin the day after Halloween, it didn’t end at midnight on December 25. Today is the sixth day of Christmas and I, for one, am not finished with this holiday.In church liturgy Christmas begins on December 25 and wraps up with Epiphany...
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 16, 2013 | Family, Waiting
How many times did I say that when I was a kid (don’t answer, Mom). The standard response was to offer me a variety of tasks to keep me busy. You know, cleaning my room, pulling weeds in the garden, doing my homework. But now I’m an adult and I have my...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 9, 2013 | Church, Miracles, Waiting
I love the Christmas story in the Book of Luke. You know, “I will bring you good news of great joy that shall be unto all men.” They have to restrain me to keep me from reading it aloud six or seven times at church every year. But this year I’ve been...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 6, 2013 | Reading, Waiting
Christmas stories are the best. Gift of the Magi, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, The Littlest Angel, A Christmas Carol, ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas–the list goes on and on. Oh sure, they tend to be a bit syrupy, but I’m all for happy endings,...
