Spiritually Healthy

I simply couldn't help myself.  I just had to copy the questions from Heidi's blog and post my own answers.  Please don't dislike me for it! The "game" is a bunch of questions about books that you fill in with your own answers...simple enough, right?  Not so much for a book-lover like myself. :p 1. What was the last book you read, and would you recommend it? Believe it or not, but the last books I read where actually children's books!  They were by Max Lucado and the names were With You All the Way, and Because I Love You.   I was helping my sister-law with a few things (one was my precious niece) and when I had a free moment, I picked up both books and read them - they are simply wonderful!  The messages are powerful; the adventures griping, and even though they're written for children, I was convicted and caught up in every word and every page!  So yes, I would most definitely recommend them! :) 2. Describe the perfect r...

While looking through other's answers to the Ring Around the Rose questions, I realized that I skipped a question!  Oops.  Oh wells, here's to playing catch-up. :) The question is: What famous author(s) do you feel your writing is most similar to, and why? AND/OR What author do you wish you wrote the most like? Well to answer the first question, I'm not 100% sure.  I have a tendency to compare my writing (or lack thereof) to two authors that I really admire: Elizabeth Gaskell and C.S. Lewis.  Mrs. Gaskell for her eloquence and demand of the English langue, and Mr. Lewis for his wide and vivid imagination. If I had to chose whom I wrote like, I would pick Mr. Lewis only because his work had double meaning.  In the Narnia books, you can see, almost feel, the point of Christianity he is trying to get across.  If I could be like that and have my work reflect the light of Christ, then that would be the greatest way of writing. I've not read all the boo...

I have really been enjoying answering these questions Heidi  - keep'em coming! 1. What is the first story you ever wrote? Let's see... My very first story I ever wrote was actually a humors one.  I pictured these characters something like hobbits: small, but very intelligent and well-dressed.   It was about a little boy who lived in a very poor and starving town.  The town had this odd smell to it that made everyone miserable.   The people becomes upset with this young lad and his over-eagerness to solve the mystery (especially the candlestick maker, Mr. Newton) and his desire to see his town well-fed.  So he goes in search of the smell that is making his home so miserable and, to his surprise, he finds the answer deep in the heart of the woods: a little old man who lives in the bottom of an old tree stump.  For years this little man was trying his hardest to create a soup that would feed the town he grew up in, but failed eac...

(I meant to post this yesterday, but with computer and internet issues, it was delayed a day) My blogging buddy, and dear friend, Heidi posted a fun question  on her blog not long ago. The title of her post is Ring Around the Rose Week 3 ~ Dragon Conversation,  and the question was this: How would you go about talking a dragon out of eating you, especially if no weapons were available? Click on the link to read her full, and very entertaining story!   For me, I decided to make my answer into a little story.  Please read and enjoy. :) I would first have to remind myself to stay calm - dragons can sense fear and trembling (two things for which I am very good at completing).  After the shock, I regain what little strength I have left and slowly turn around, trying to get a glimpse at the distance of the cave entrance and wondering whether or not if I'll be able to make a run for it without getting burnt to a crisp.  Then, deep from ...