Occupation: Author Birth: October 22, 1948
Cultivating the habit of good deeds will not only affect those around us, it will improve our own emotional well being..
Grandpa Patterson used to say: Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a fool from any direction..
While it may not be a simple act, offering forgiveness not only has the power to heal relationships, it strengthens the well-being of those who give ….
Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death..
We're each our own person, we live our own lives, make our own mistakes, learn from them and move forward..
Readers have actually changed the way I've done things, changed the course of my career even, about four or five times. Just from reader feedback..
I love the way knitting brings people together..
My greatest strength as a writer is that I'm a storyteller. But, it was a long, hard struggle for me to make the transition from verbally telling sto….
People are funny. They want the front of the bus, the middle of the road and the back of the church. —Mrs. Miracle.
The best way to get even is to forget..
I'm an optimist and my heroines seem to be that way, too. It's too much work to be cynical and distrusting. That doesn't mean I create perfect storie….
It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are finished. Mrs. Miracle.
If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, you can bet the water bill is higher..
She said interruptions were simply God's appointments..
I'm a yarnaholic. That means I have more yarn stashed away than any one person could possibly use in three or four lifetimes. There's something inspi….
I'm dyslexic, although they didn't have a word for it when I was in grade school. The teachers said I had 'word blindness..
Our world was created with a sense of order. For every loss, there is a gain. Sometimes we are so blinded by the loss that we don't see the gain, don….
Your heart has to let your head know what it wants..
My office walls are covered with autographs of famous writers - it's what my children call my 'dead author wall.' I have signatures from Mark Twain, ….
Here's where the real power of generosity comes in. Often, the more we give, the more we receive..
Humans tend to build walls when they should be opening doors..