Story Inspiration

The first question folks often ask a novelist is about their book’s inspirations. How did you come up with the idea? Is this a true story about you? What inspired the book?
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Confessions of a Suburban Mom: Part One

This is my confession: I chose to raise my four sons in the safety of suburban life. I chose to protect them from the troubled experiences of my own youth and from a mean world outside. I knew living in a safe area never guaranteed an absence of danger, but I was going to try my hardest to offer them a secure childhood.
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Confessions of a Suburban Mom: Part Two

In “Confessions of a Suburban Mom – Part One” I confess to raising our sons in a safe, secure environment, what I perceive as too sheltered of a life, blocking out a broken world. Today’s post picks up where the last post ended. As I ate dinner with a dear friend to discuss her recent trip serving in a dangerous refugee camp in Greece, I brought up my struggle with suburban guilt, telling her I didn’t feel we did enough to introduce the broken world to our sons. She graciously responded, “But what is enough?”
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A Broken Furnace Vs. Homelessness

Whine. Whine. Whine. My furnace went out this week.
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Finding Purpose in Jail

My husband and I go to jail weekly. One night a week we enter a maximum-security facility, get searched and patted down, and led deep into the bowels of the place to be locked in a room with inmates.
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An Instrument of Peace

I still own the same sewing machine that once belonged to my grandmother and great grandmother. The small black Singer machine assisted me with making childhood clothes, my wedding dress, and curtains hanging today in one of our rooms.
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Thank you for dropping by my site. If you were to walk into my actual
physical home, I would offer you tea or coffee and a listening ear. Since I
can’t provide those elements of hospitality via a website, I offer words
instead, and a glimpse into my life through my blog and writing. I’d love to
hear your thoughts in return.

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