Happy Birthday, Aloft!

The triology is finally complete! Today is Aloft’s birthday–the final book in the Ariboslia trilogy. I have to admit… at times I wondered if I’d ever see this day. It was a long road. If you’ve been following my blog for some time…...

Project Incompletion

Have you ever worked on a project? Built a new house? Wrote a book? Created a website? Renovated your kitchen? Raised a child? We start these things with grand ideas including how we think the project will go. Of course, we’re ALWAYS wrong. Unforeseeable...

Follow the Leader

A few years ago, my husband and I volunteered to chaperone a weekend trip with my church’s youth group. A trailer, with a giant smiley face painted on its back and sides, hitched to the lead car held most of the kids’ gear. A number of cars carrying leaders and...

Searching for Gold

We are forever searching for the end of the rainbow in hopes of finding the elusive pot of gold. The irony is – a rainbow has no end. So we search in vain. Always seeking – never finding. We tell ourselves we’ll be happy once we have a boyfriend/girlfriend or...

The Loading Bars of Life

If you’ve watched streaming movies or listen to streaming music … if you stream anything … odds are you’ve experienced a temporary break in service or a buffering issue. Waiting for the loading bar to scroll across the screen or stop cycling and resume is...