One challenge of reading a book like The Best Yes is the application. Reading a book is one thing. Doing something with what you’ve learned is hard. Hard work. Hard remembering. Hard applying. So what can we do? Here are a few suggestions: 4 steps to applying new #principles to your life. #TheBestYes #challenge Click To Tweet 1) Take …
Authors like Julie Klassen and Sarah Ladd have made me a fan of regency romances. With The Curiosity Keeper, Sarah is starting a new series — this one focuses on the working class of early 1800s England. I ADORED this novel. Love #regency #romances? @cara_putman #giveaway of @sarahLaddAuthor The Curiosity Keeper. #amreading Click To Tweet The Curiosity Keeper is a Regency novel …
We moved Saturday. The chaos is OVERWHELMING. Utterly, completely, creativity-killing overwhelming. Because we only moved a mile, this has been the long move. Literally, we’ve been moving things off and on for months. But Saturday, with the help of AMAZING friends, we moved the furniture. It’s kind of mind-boggling how much stuff 6 people have. I thought we’d done a …
This week in the Best Yes we had a great conversation about people pleasing. Is anyone out there a people pleaser? Please don’t leave me hanging in my struggling-to-recover-from-people-pleasing reality. Do you live in a people-pleasing reality? Join @cara_putman as she talks about the cycle. Click To Tweet People Pleasing is wired into some of us. I know as an …
Some days a girl just wants a quick story that can be read in a sitting or two, yet tells a full romance. Picture Perfect Love is a novella that tells a story of hope and reconciliation after love is lost over a misunderstanding. Jenna has worked hard to rebuild her life, and Ashton is no longer part of it. Until he …
…In moments when I’m focused on all that’s around me, all that I’d like to say yes to, it’s so easy to lose patience with myself. With my kids. With the life I’m living right now. I can know this is exactly where I’m supposed to be — I really believe it is. But I still have times when I wonder, “What if?”…
Our group is almost done reading the Best Yes, and we had an interesting discussion last night. One in which I was pretty vulnerable. If you know me, you know I tend to do that. But as we were discussing the chapter on the Awkward Disappointment of Saying No, I really resonated with Lysa’s example of being at an award’s show where …
Shadows of Ladenbrooke Manor is a multi-generational delight that had a bit of a slow start, but by the time I reached the end, I did not want to leave these characters. The story is a beautiful portrayal of brokenness, misunderstanding, redemption, and love that endures. Libby is a character misunderstood and yet beautiful in her own unique way. She sees …
Writing can be a lonely journey. So many days it is me and my computer. It can be tough for this extrovert to invest the time day after day alone. Yet I love story. I really believe I was created to tell stories. I’ve felt God smile when I do write. I’ve felt like beating my head against a wall …
This week I’m at a conference in Southern California. Last night I walked along the beach, listening to the Pacific Ocean roar as its waves crashing against the beach. As I walked, I was reminded awesome my God is, and yet I stayed on the walkway…not along the sand. Partly this was because by the time I could get to the beach it was …