It's my birthday

I am forty-four years old today. Does that sound old? The year gone by has been a hard one--with challenges I would rather have not faced. Yet I continue to see God working all things for good. How does he do that? Take our poor choices and turn them into blessings?

I have much to be grateful for--five healthy children who are growing in their faith, a husband I still adore after 22 and a half years of marriage, a career that I love even when I hate it, a home messy as it is.

I'm in the midst of rewriting my third book for Mystery and the Minister's Wife entitled Open Arms. This one has a focus on adoption that is so dear to my heart. While I write I'm trying to maintain a balance in my life--not disappearing for months at a time but being available for friends and family, getting the exercise I need (I love tennis!) trying to keep up with the demands of a household. I know that even if I miss giving a boost to one of those spinning plates life will go on and we'll be okay. And maybe I shouldn't have been trying to spin that plate in the first place.

Have a wonderful February,

Traci