Once upon a time, I was a beauty queen. But I was never crowned. And no official queen portrait exists. Because I didn’t earn the title. In fact, the photo that always appears in the “parade” of past queens in the annual pageant program is of a formal portrait taken when I represented my […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 21 (Love Idol Giveaway)
Counting on approval? But if we’re approved by everyone and we’re never unapproved, is that approval empty? Should we worry? Because if everyone approves, maybe we’re not living in the light of the one whose approval is all that counts. Word Count: 40 NOTE: I have a copy of this book to give away. Just […]
you’re not the god of me
My daughter was expelled from Mother’s Morning Out. When she was two. “I cannot believe that Sandy King’s daughter bites.” Talk about a slap in my perfect parent facade. I was an older mom (at 38) and supposedly wiser. But I was raising a biter. It all started at a Gymboree open house. Abby and […]
