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By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Guest post by Brenda Gates @BrendaGates “Your son will need a kidney transplant by the time he weighs twenty pounds,” the pediatric nephrologist told me as I held my one-week-old son in my arms. I looked down at this child God had given us. Silver-blonde wisps of hair covered the dome of his head. Sky-blue eyes …
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills How do I love thee, dear pancake? Let me count the ways. Your fluffy texture and many toppings make my mouth water. Hot maple or sweet fruity syrup, and I’m blinded by the incredible taste treat. I so appreciate National Pancake Day. While I can head to my favorite restaurant for their breakfast specialty, I can …
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Every four years, February has an extra day known as Leap Year. Perhaps you’re considering how to uniquely celebrate February 29, 2020. I’ve found interesting and humorous information about Leap Year and wanted to share a few of those along with some party ideas. Facts and Fun Looking for the How and Why of Leap Year? …
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Join me in celebrating February as National Library Lover’s Month. Our libraries offer a variety of media to improve, educate, and entertain their patrons, and the best part is libraries are free. These sources of information create community and encourage social interaction with those whom they serve. Types of Media Our libraries began as a collection …
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills I’m super excited to announce the Romantic Suspense A-Team—Janice Cantore, Lynette Eason, DiAnn Mills, and Dani Pettrey. The four of us have teamed up and invite you to join our private Facebook Group of best-selling, award-winning romantic suspense authors for book-talk, prizes, and fun. Our goal is to encourage readers to comment and pose questions about …
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Sometimes it’s hard to stay upbeat during the winter. The excitement that started in October and ended January 1 is over, and we step into a New Year with our lives resuming a type of normal. Whatever that is. We try to deny or compensate for the weather bringing us down. But those bleak doldrums pop …
By Helena Smrcek @DiAnnMills Guest blog post by Helena Smrcek @HelenaSmrcek Meet My Dragons Okay, they are not real dragons, but one look at my flowerbeds and anyone would understand why I would call them so. This all began with me telling my husband, some four years ago, that we needed a farm dog. The kind that lives in a …
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Reading is as vital to my career as writing. Establishing reading goals for 2020 along with my personal, professional, and spiritual objectives means scheduling a plan. I like what Stephen King says: “If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” I’ll add my own …
By Curt Iles @curtiles Thanks to guest blogger Curt Iles for a powerful life lesson. In front of me are three objects: a hammer, a brick, and a flat piece of leather. They make for a wonderful lesson we all can learn from. It’s amazing observing folks as they go through difficult times. Periods of trial, adversity, and sadness distill …
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Choose to love this New Year
