When I was twelve and my mother was in the throes of her second marriage to a man people called Bear, I needed a friend. Thankfully,...

Gutsy Girls: Strong Christian Women Who Impacted the World, Young Author Day

I usually say I wrote the Gutsy Girls series for my daughters. I say there was a hole in bookshelves when it came to true stories of...

The day I took the Enneagram and discovered I was an Eight, I railed against the description.

The Great Flip and Gutsy Girls. Strong Christian Women Who Impacted the World

Gutsy Girls picture book series has a new online home, and this is your official invite to stop by. On the new site you will find the...

Sometimes when my youngest is in just the right mood, she completes a running swan dive onto my bed, buries herself in my oversized white...

I don’t remember learning about Sojourner Truth in school. Maybe I did. Most likely I didn’t. History books tend to leave out people...

In third grade, I tried out for a community play. I earned the prestigious role of Mouse #3 in Cinderella, and for months, I diligently...

Here we go... 1. Quit moving to what’s next and celebrate what’s now. This year my illustrator and I were invited to the Ten Boom Museum...

When my daughter was five-years-old, instead of rolling Play-Doh into long strips and making snakes like generations of kids before her...

Recently, I visited a group of readers via Skype. The girls and their moms asked ALL kinds of smarty pants questions about the next Gutsy...

In case you have missed me yammering on in person in regard to this event or you haven’t seen the contents of two cardboard boxes of...

Take my youngest daughter to the playground, and her agenda becomes clear. She is not interested in swinging or sliding or mastering the...

I grew up singing hymns from wooden pews. Boys sporting light blue, polo shirts in one row and girls in plaid skirts and knee socks in...

Raise your hand if you want your kids to read more. Me too. Raise your hand if you want your children to read about real women of faith....

Since I started researching the Ten Boom family for Gutsy Girls, I’ve dreamed of visiting their home in the Netherlands. Then when I...

Hey friends, You asked for an enrichment packet to accompany Gutsy Girls Book 3 on hymnist, Fanny Crosby, and it is here! The guide is...

Long ago in a land called 2014, my first book was published. An entire crew of people were involved and they rallied to throw a party and...

Last Christmas Eve, I packed-up pancake mix, tossed the essentials for enchiladas in a cooler, and our family headed to Tennessee. No...