Books

Books that have inspired me, entertained me, taught me, ministered to me, touched me deeply, in no particular order (except the first which continues to change my life daily):

The Holy Bible

The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

Please Understand Me by Keirsey and Bates

On Writing Well by William Zinsser

Writer to Writer by Bodie Thoene

Immortal Poems of the English Language

edited by Oscar Williams

Feeling Good by David Burns, M.D.

Deeper by Debbie Alsdorf

The Kite Runner by Kaled Hosseini

Peace Like A River by Leif Enger

Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

All the Way Home by Ann Tatlock

On Writing by Stephen King

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

Ensemble, C'est Tout by Anna Gavalda

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Pie Peel                   Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie               Barrows

Heaven by Randy Alcorn

Money, Possessions and Eternity by Randy                  Alcorn

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Christy by Catherine Marshall

The Zion Chronicles and The Zion Covenant

series by Bodie Thoene

The Anthology of English Literature, Vol. 1                and 2

Mary Higgins Clark's mysteries

Rebecca by Daphne DeMaurier

As a Girl:

Anything by Marguerite Henry, CW Anderson, Walter Farley

Mary Stuart

Nancy Drew Mysteries

A Little Princess

The Secret Garden

Stories by Victoria Holt

A Few of my Favorite Things

Recipes:

(to be added to in the future!)

Check out Kari Masson's blog, C'est la vie, for some yummy recipes

And here are a few

Pearl Girls

I'm privileged to be part of a group called 'Pearl Girls'.  This organization was founded by Margaret McSweeny.  To read about our book coming out in 2010 as well as the ministries we support, click the 'pearl girl' button at left.

Ten Things I Enjoy:

1) I love to take long walks

2) I enjoy most being one-on-one with people and having deep discussions

3) Animals!  We have the sweetest, smartest and most neurotic dog in the world.

4) I love being the only girl in my family (I have a wonderful husband, two amazing sons and that neurotic (male) dog.)

5) Since I’m surrounding by ‘my men’ at home, I delight in my ministry to young teen girls. I do lots of informal discipleship—through meeting together, sharing, praying, memorizing Scripture.

6) I love to hear the sound of a natural spring gurgling, a child giggling, my sons laughing, my husband singing, birds chirping.

7) I'm not a great cook, but I do enjoy baking and I do like chocolate.

8) I like watching movies but I don’t like to watch the news on TV—too depressing. 

9) I love to cuddle up in bed at the end of a long day with a good book.

10) I enjoy taking photos and putting them in scrapbooks--I have about 50 of them and was 'scrapbooking' before that was even a word!

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