The Value of A Tribe

Nashville. We called this area home for 3.5 years and as quick as we blew into town, we soared out when my husband was offered a full time job as a professor back in Virginia where we came from. I left kicking and screaming because I wasn’t done. There were so many wonderful people and places we were deeply connected … Read More

Jeff Goins Interview

I’ve been in the thick of my calling, lately. I’m writing a book and unbeknownst to what I expected, I’m not in this process alone. I can’t do it by myself. If there’s one thing I’ve learned about my calling is that it takes a village…a tribe of people who will support you and help make it happen. Jeff Goins … Read More

On The Art of Work

Welcome to Whispers From My Library   Each month, I’ll be sharing about a book or two that I’ve found to be very valuable in my own collection of read words.  I believe books are some of the most important aspects of human development. I was the nerd who had posters about books in general hanging in my room growing … Read More

My Favorite Books of 2014

2014 was a year packed full of probably the most reading I’ve accomplished in one year of my life ever. I even mentioned it in my Christmas letter this year because it was such a big deal for this eager, yet slow reader to have read 5,337 pages from 21 books! (Being assigned a ton of reading for a semester … Read More

For My First 31 Days of 2014

I feel kind of silly putting this out there. But honestly, I need accountability. Fighters fight and writers write.  But sometimes, we writers get stunted, scared, stalled, stagnant, and stuck. What if I fail? What if I never get published? What if everyone thinks I’m just a fraud proclaiming myself as a writer? What if no one reads my book? … Read More