Heidi’s Blog
Behind The Scenes: Great Expectations
Interrupting the Ten on Tuesdays to link up with Crystal Stine as she kicks off her Behind the Scenes link up today. If you've ever read a status update and secretly wondered how someone can live that well or scanned a Pinterest board and wished you could eat dinner...
The Boys in the Boat: From Obscurity to Olympians
Who doesn't love a story about an underdog? I'm always captivated by the Olympic champions who are products of blue-collar towns, defying improbable odds to stand on the podium and receive their medals. Only you, Mary Lou. Rulon Gardner. Kerri Strug. Wilma...
Five Minute Friday: {Imagine}
For my own amusement, I often imagine what I'll write in the acknowledgements page of my novel when it's published. After the back cover, the author's acknowledgements are the first thing I read when I start a new book. It's like a backstage pass into the author's...
Memory-Makin’ on A Monday
While I fully acknowledge that this weekend has little to do with how we spend our time and more to do with expressing gratitude for those who gave the ultimate sacrifice, I must say that little boys have a lot of energy and their threshold for patriotism and moments...
Five Minute Friday: {View}
Photo by Tom Piorkowski This is not my view today, but how I wish it was. Summer is just around the corner. The daydreams come more frequently now; lazy mornings at the beach, digging holes with the boys and building just one more fort with sticks and seaweed....
{Almost} Wordless Wednesday: School’s Out
Eli finished his first year of preschool this morning. The teachers showered the children with gifts. I'm blown away by their generosity. He is most attached to this bottle of bubbles. The photo album of his entire year runs a close second. Every mother says this but...
