Annual Review

It’s always a good idea to evaluate the past year and make any changes for the coming year—no matter what you do. Here’s what I’ve discovered for Chickadee Words but I’m also making adjustments in my personal life, too.

Oakwoods series…on schedule for 4/1/25 release

The first three books are complete except for final layout and printing. Claudia is illustrating the last two. Then there’s the final proofreading, interior design, and printing. Yay!

Picked up these bookmarks last week for early promotion at a Christian School Educators conference this week.

Soon I’ll be able to set up the titles for pre-order.

Remembering Childhood

In September, my best childhood friend passed away, unexpectedly. Barbara Lynn Johnson Elliott Bunting and I grew up together from kindergarten through college. We were like two peas in a pod.

Even though our paths separated as adults, whenever we got together (which wasn’t often, unfortunately), we took up right where we left off—as though no time had passed. That kind of friendship is a gift.

I’ll miss her dearly and never forget her devotion to friends and family, her kindness, her sense of humor, her cooking, her incredible memory, and her smile. But I know I’ll see her again someday.