by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 19, 2011 | Miracles, Waiting
When I was a kid I can remember intensely longing for two things: a horse and a sister. I had no preference for an older or younger sister, though obviously if my parents were going to give her to me, she’d have to be younger. I don’t remember badgering...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 16, 2011 | Miracles, Nature, Waiting
I’ve had a Christmas tree every year for the past 40 years. A LIVE Christmas tree lit and covered in ornaments rich with memories (not so much when I was one, but you get the idea). And then came Christmas 2011. And I pondered whether I really wanted to go to...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 14, 2011 | Reading, Waiting
If you talk about marketing these days, you talk about branding. I’ve done quite a bit of branding in my “real” jobs in public relations and marketing. But branding myself as an author? Yikes! One of the elements of a brand can be (doesn’t have...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 5, 2011 | Miracles, Waiting
This past weekend we cleaned out my mother-in-law’s attic. There were a few pieces of furniture, Christmas decorations, blankets, hats (which I tried on), a screen door (!), luggage, boxes of cancelled checks from the 70s and a box of my husband’s boyhood...
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 | Nov 16, 2011 | Friends, Reading, Waiting
It’s getting to be that gift-giving time of year again. I mostly love shopping for friends and family, but there are always one or two folks who are impossible to gift. Luckily, there are always books. And not just great novels, but cookbooks and biographies and...
