Last week, my family and I drove up to North Carolina. We were meeting my dad’s side of the family at a lake house in the Appalachian Mountains for a get-together-vacation. The scenery was stunning! Even though I’ve grown up living in a mountainous area, these mountains were far grander! The size and magnitude of it…… Continue reading Family Lake Trip
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So Not Happening: Book Review
So Not Happening by Jenny B. Jones is a humor-filled story that is a melting pot of God, faith, and city-girl meets countryside living. Bella Kirkwood had everything that the world offers: New York City was her home, Broadway only a step away, and an A-list line of friends with her plastic surgeon father’s credit…… Continue reading So Not Happening: Book Review
To Read, To Memorize
People always wonder how to hear the Holy Spirit – to discern what is their own thought and what is God speaking to them. Obviously there is not an exact “take-home” formula for this, but there is at least one area where God has and can surely use to speak to His children: Scripture. God…… Continue reading To Read, To Memorize
Love Letter
As I was looking through Pinterest one day, I saw the above quote. And it suddenly struck me on how true that is. Being both a romantic and an avid reader, it is not uncommon for the thought to cross my mind oh I wish this character were real or I wonder what happens next.…… Continue reading Love Letter
God’s Providence
Sometimes I think we take for granted how much God protects us. All the times when He has spared our life because it was not yet our time. I was reminded of this especially over Christmas break. My mom and my brother were in the car, driving home. It was raining extremely hard when suddenly…… Continue reading God’s Providence
Sin and the Ingrown Toe Nail
Ingrown toe nails are nasty, painful problems to have. Actually, I happen to suffer from them. For me at least, they’re genetic: my dad and grandmother both have them. Every time I hit my ingrown tail nail – even if it’s gently! – on a surface, it hurts like the dickens. And that is why,…… Continue reading Sin and the Ingrown Toe Nail
Romantically Inclined
As I sat reading through a romantic book one warm, summer day, I began to wonder…what is it about these stories that causes us to love them so? It could not be the plot…for a plot in itself does not serve to penetrate your soul. Though characters quickly become memorable, they could not be the…… Continue reading Romantically Inclined
Southern Dreamer 