2023-06-25 03:08
I never knew my father.
As a kid, I imagined him to be a brave soldier fighting enemies across the ocean (this was the late 1960s and the Vietnam War was in full force) or a firefight… Read More
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My blog is about my journey in becoming an entrepreneur and my adventure in blogging. I like to blog about how to be successful and building relationships.
2022-11-04 01:48
Dear High School Girl:
Every morning, I crawl my way through the turbulence in the halls, swimming through an intoxicating mixture of Dollar Store body sprays and hormonal odors, dodging s… Read More
2022-07-11 20:06
This was a guest post I made for She’s Intentional (Dainty Jewells). The original post can be found HERE.
I hate drinking water.
I’ve tried adding flavored tea bags or a f… Read More
2022-04-30 20:52
This was a guest post I made for She’s Intentional (Dainty Jewells). The original post can be found HERE.
(Genesis, chapters 16 + 21)
Hagar lifted her chin and held her head hig… Read More
2022-04-30 20:36
I used to know someone who hit the snooze button two or three times every morning before jumping out of bed ten minutes before they had to be out the door for work. They’d… Read More
2022-02-22 22:19
This is a guest blog post I wrote for She’s Intentional (Dainty Jewells). You can find the original post HERE.
As I drove home from work, I blasted the song, “Cover M… Read More
2022-01-17 20:17
This is a guest blog post I wrote for She’s Intentional (Dainty Jewells). You can find the original post HERE.
Remember in December when everyone felt generous?
We held doors for… Read More
2021-12-14 22:24
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock the… Read More
2021-12-01 01:59
This is a guest blog post I wrote for She’s Intentional (Dainty Jewells). You can find the original post HERE.
My husband, Andy, and I sat at the dinner table with my in-laws the o… Read More
2021-10-19 21:57
This is a guest blog post I wrote for She’s Intentional (Dainty Jewells). You can find the original post HERE.
I’ve been wanting a Coach purse for a while.
Many times, I ha… Read More
2021-09-21 02:13
This is a guest post I wrote for Dainty Jewells about how one Samaritan woman’s encounter with Jesus not only changed her life but also led to the salvation of many of her people.
You… Read More
2021-08-23 04:00
I’m about to either inspire a coming-together-of-wives or elicit an angry riot of husbands, but…
How many bottles of hot sauce does one man need in the house?
My husband, Andy… Read More
2021-08-17 17:54
This is a guest post I wrote for Dainty Jewells about how it is often easier to have faith for others than it is to have faith for ourselves.
You can view the original post HERE.
Here is a… Read More
2021-08-02 01:41
I stared at my laptop for ten minutes before realizing there wasn’t one word typed on the screen. Instead, my mind had drifted off to my mental checklist of things to do before the we… Read More
2021-02-21 04:51
René and Armand lived in France in the 1930s and were best friends.
They’d been close friends since their early days of primary school. Growing up just houses away from each… Read More
2020-12-31 08:16
Dear Walmart Greeter:
I don’t know why folks—myself included—grumble and complain about stopping for you to check their bags as they leave Walmart. It’s store policy… Read More
2020-12-04 21:52
Her body trembled as she pressed against me. I could feel the weakness and uncertainty she felt seep from her skin into my body as I absorbed the waves of emotion. She was hurting because o… Read More
2020-08-03 02:18
I could see my husband was beaming with pride over his innovation of finding a way to stop the vertical blinds hanging in our bedroom from clapping together when the air conditioner came on… Read More
2020-07-11 05:07
The Syrian enemy was closing in to destroy Judah. The people were petrified. Nowhere to turn, their destruction was imminent. Judah’s king, Jehoshaphat, set his heart to seek God and… Read More
2020-04-15 18:28
Never had to know how to use Zoom or Google Hangouts before? Virtual conferencing and video meetings with multiple participants a new thing for you?
Well, you have two days to figure it ou… Read More
2020-04-10 22:13
“By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away ca… Read More
2020-03-29 22:50
I was cleaning out the small college refrigerator in our class for the weekend, throwing out someone’s wrinkled tangerine and a few stray ketchup packets. In the door, I spied my trav… Read More
2020-02-07 02:39
Dear Starbucks Barista:
When I smiled at you over the cash register and gave you my drink order (along with an impulsive pastry purchase), I was honored that you asked what church I attend… Read More
2019-11-20 00:15
I had set out the whole-wheat egg noodles and a container of broth in preparation for making a wholesome chicken noodle soup for dinner tonight. At 3:45 p.m., I sent a text to my husband, … Read More
2019-11-13 16:02
Our family loves music. We blast it while we work in the kitchen and while we’re getting ready for church, sing our hearts out on road trips, and I even have a special playlist for m… Read More
2019-10-30 00:38
This Thursday is Halloween.
And that always makes things interesting in middle school. The students where I work will show up decked out in an interesting assortment of Halloween costumes… Read More
2019-09-28 22:41
Did you make New Year’s resolutions at the beginning of 2019?
How’s that going for you?
Yeah, same here.
This year has been a tough one for me. I set out to finish a manuscript… Read More
2019-08-01 15:37
She sat in the middle of the third row back.
I was visiting the class for an observation assignment. A substitute teacher was filling in that day and half the class was turned around in th… Read More
2019-06-16 03:25
“Remind me again WHY I decided to write a book (and edit another writer’s manuscript as well), help my daughter prepare for a missions trip to a foreign country, buy a house, an… Read More
2019-04-05 20:45
Dear Mother of a Teenage Daughter:
I know she slammed the door in your face for the third time this week.
You stood outside the door for two full minutes, taking deep breaths, trying to de… Read More
2019-03-22 22:32
I’m not sure how long my husband had been rambling on about something happening in the news until I pulled my earbuds out and caught the tail end of “…and if it passes, y… Read More
2019-02-24 06:01
Well into her 80s, Oma shuffled along with her cane everywhere she went. Tap, tap, tap. Everyone heard Oma coming before they saw her.
She always carried peppermint candies in the pockets o… Read More
2019-02-10 05:26
Random Discovery #1
A security screen door with a deadbolt AND a sturdy wood front door with an additional deadbolt is NOT going to deter a serial killer from getting in our house if w… Read More
2019-02-03 05:07
“Mrs. Felty,” a student called out during social studies class, “I’m going to dye my hair with grey streaks like yours. It looks cool!”
Exactly the look I was… Read More
2019-01-22 01:04
I saw my phone light up with another text message from him. “Why can’t we get together Friday night?” he asked. I could feel my frustration level rising. I had already tol… Read More
2019-01-02 19:32
Remember during December when everyone felt generous – holding doors for one other, bellowing “Merry Christmas” to everyone they passed, throwing wads of loose cash in the… Read More
2018-12-09 04:41
The first week of December and the tree is up and decorated (Thank you, Felty Tribe)! Sara has the house decorated all Christmassy and I came home on Monday to Christmas lights hung up outs… Read More
2018-11-29 00:49
This month is NaNoWriMo month. I know, it sounds like a foreign exchange students’ reunion. Most people have no idea what it is. I didn’t either until 3 weeks ago. NaNoWriMo is… Read More
2018-11-19 18:13
Thanksgiving never meant a whole lot to me growing up.
Coming from a fractured home life and a broken family, holidays just weren’t a big deal. As a result, I entered my adult years… Read More
2018-11-15 03:48
Men and women have very different ways of communicating and bonding.
It’s been the subject of many published books, talk show topics, private diary entries, and even front-yard scream… Read More
2018-11-04 03:34
“All of our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.”
(Walt Disney)
I disagree with this quote.
Several years back, I decided that I wanted to tap i… Read More
2018-10-28 03:00
In the late 1980s, the state of many Romanian orphanages, housing over 170,000 children, was exposed to the world with heartbreaking details of the horrors of neglect and isolation.
Communis… Read More
2018-10-19 02:50
“Are you pregnant?”
There was a brief moment of silence before the music teacher slowly turned to face me. I could see the familiar look in her eyes reflecting several layers of… Read More
2018-10-04 03:31
I received my first rejection letter as a writer when I was ten years old.
My loving mother had submitted a poem I had written to a publishing company. They responded with the obligatory &l&helli…Read More
2018-09-28 03:11
I stared straight into my husband’s eyes while he shared about his frustrating work day. I nodded and I’m pretty sure my expression was properly fixed in “sympathy mode&rd&helli…Read More
2018-09-14 04:17
I’m an adviser for our middle school yearbook this year. Naturally, I dragged out my old (I’m talking 1987 – old!) high school yearbook for ideas. You know how you were su… Read More
2018-09-07 03:50
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” (Kahlil Gibran)
The speaker told the story of a mother that held her yo… Read More
2018-09-01 23:36
The grocery shopping scenario rarely varies. It takes us three minutes just to get past the entryway of the store because I do a wheel check on the numerous handicap carts to find one that… Read More
2018-08-24 03:11
I recently played the piano for a Sunday morning service at my church because all our pianists were on a youth trip to Washington State. It’s not like they forced me to do it –… Read More
2018-08-14 02:41
Remember the old Folger’s Coffee slogan, “The best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup”?
I hate Folgers Coffee…
BUT – if it was the last coffee on earth… Read More
2018-08-03 17:06
“Dude, you smacked me right in the face!”, Brandon bellows at Austin as they mimicked dancing to banjo and fiddle music all over the living room. Arms were flailing in the air a… Read More
2017-04-08 22:03
I sat in the front seat of the car next to my husband with my grown daughter in the backseat. We love road trips and are normally chatty and animated in that first 30 minutes of traveling b… Read More
2017-03-19 02:40
I sat there staring at my laptop screen for 10 minutes before realizing there wasn’t a word typed on it. Instead, I had been drifting off to my mental checklist of things I needed to d… Read More
2017-02-18 02:36
So, you have decided to become an entrepreneur or, perhaps, you have already been in that role for a while. Congratulations! While you have your work cut out for you (Even if you are an ol… Read More
2017-01-26 03:58
We pull into the Walmart parking lot that is already packed and I can feel the dread building in my chest. Walmart is NEVER a good experience for me. My husband is driving and I start scann… Read More
2017-01-05 08:55
We all have them. Those colorful paper piles sitting staunchly on various tables and counters in your house. They embrace long-forgotten magazine articles and appointment reminders. Past-du… Read More
2016-12-26 09:00
I shall pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall… Read More
2016-12-20 10:35
This month has not been conducive to a life-work balance for me. What the big picture really looks like is “work, work…short sprints of down time…work, work”… Read More
2016-12-09 03:35
Remember the old Folger’s Coffee slogan, “The best part of waking up is Folger’s in your cup”?
I hate Folger’s Coffee.
BUT – if it was the last coffee on… Read More
2016-12-02 03:48
Ethics on the job has a rippling effect from the inside out, starting with the employee’s reputation, the morale of others in the workplace, the productivity of the com… Read More
2016-11-23 15:51
Early Thanksgivings – NO PRESSURE
Growing up, Thanksgiving and the holidays in general were not the best experience for me and I entered my adult years lacking a treasure trove of… Read More
2016-11-18 03:37
Setting my business up as a Virtual Assistant has been a life-changing experience for me. REALLY. (Don’t worry, I’m past the mid-life crisis stage.) I had visions of grandeur th… Read More
2016-11-10 05:51
Writing for my high school newspaper.
I received my first rejection letter when I was ten years old. My loving mother submitted a poem I had written to a publishing company and they respon… Read More
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