Introducing Live it Links!

"Live it Links" is my offering to you. In them I will share the things that make me think, laugh, cry, and sometimes cringe. Simply put, they are literally "links" to stories, jokes, offerings, and meaningful words I've run across during recent days. I offer them freely. They aren't sponsored ads, just a tiny reflection from me to you. I hope they will inspire you to live, love, laugh, and give back to the world as only you can. And now without further ado...

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What the Living Do

Yes, this is what the living do. We laugh. We cry. We rush from one appointment to the next. Sometimes we pause and do yoga or say a quick prayer, “Dear God. Help.” We toss god out like an empty Starbucks cup. We put on tepid smiles in a season devoted to cheer and giving, then we stuff our hands into swollen pockets.

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Blues Clues: This Week Around the Web

On Book Clubs, Creative Process, Celebration and MORE!!

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BLUE Moon Magic and Mayhem

In the midst of mudslides, a missed flight and mayhem over my novel's release date, a few things like these fun interviews went as planned. There’s something here for everyone: video, audio, written word… Paris, BLUE, behind-the-scenes, confidence building.

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Author Christine V. Paintner on "The Soul of a Pilgrim"

Today it is my delight and privilege to share with you a recent interview with friend and colleague, Christine Valters Paintner, online Abbess at Abbey of the Arts. In this 20-minute video interview, we touch upon the interplay of pilgrimage in marriage, reflecting backward while moving forward, where does an abbess live, listening to the hard places (i.e. welcoming discomfort), journeying at home, and more.

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