Browsing Archive: December, 2013

A Christmas Memory

Posted by Rosemary Hines on Saturday, December 21, 2013,

December 1983 — Where have the past 30 years gone? Gazing at this picture of a very pregnant me with a toddler in tow, I’m transported back to a time and place of precious memories.

At the top of my wish list for “Santa” is an item I’m most hoping to see under the tree this year ~ a double stroller. I still shake my head in amazement as I waddle around swollen with babe and chasing our 16-month-old daughter. Though God is still just a mystical figure in my mind, some...

Harvest From Heartache ~

Posted by Rosemary Hines on Monday, December 2, 2013,

(From my guest post on Rhonda Ritenour's blog, "Ritty's Writing Adventures" November 27, 2013)

November ~ a time of rejoicing over the harvest and all the blessings of life. But sometimes heartache blurs the blessings while God does a work we cannot understand.

When readers reach for a book, they are looking for a connection — a way to understand their own circumstances, to find hope in the midst of heartache, or perhaps a pathway of escape. I’ve found that writing very realistic, contempor...