Posts Tagged ‘Encouragement’
Pets Can Touch our Hearts, in Life and in Fiction
I have a confession to make. I was shy as a child. Not just quiet. No. I was the painfully I’m not going to talk to people type of child. I did talk, but it was to animals, not people. I would pour out my soul to Socks, my black and white spaniel mix, and…
Read MoreA Christian Community of Writers – What Jane Austen would have Loved
It’s well known that writing is a solitary occupation, but what isn’t well known, especially to new writers, is that it doesn’t have to be a lonely one. There exists a community of Christian writers, who far from being shy with one another, gather together to network, teach, and share. I used to think writing…
Read MoreA Gift to Share
I think of encouragement when I remember my high school English teacher. A recent invitation to her 60th wedding anniversary celebration sent me reflecting on my past; the chalkboard dust, rustling papers, and a teacher who looked beyond the next day’s assignment. Mrs. McConnell was a consistently good and fair teacher. And she encouraged me…
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