Kelly Irvin
Strong Women. Powerful Stories.
Disappointment is something we would all like to banish from our lives. However, the older I get and the more I experience disappointment, the more I see how it shapes and molds me into a more thoughtful person. Disappointment helps us grow up, no matter how old we are. I know that sounds ridiculously self-righteous, …
The other night my husband and I were watching a TV program in which a fictional medical examiner said, “I’m a doctor, I don’t believe (in miracles, in prayer, in God).” Irritated, I turned to Tim and remarked that one did not preclude the others. He rolled his eyes and said, “It’s a TV show.” …
The American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) annual national conference in Nashville is coming up on Aug. 25-28. I’m particularly excited because The Beekeeper’s Son is a finalist in the ACFW Carol Awards romance category. Whether I win or not, I know I’ll have a wonderful time with the pomp and ceremony that’s involved in being …
Sunday was my son Nicholas’s twenty-fifth birthday. He’s celebrating a quarter of a century on this earth. He’ll celebrate his first wedding anniversary in September. He and his bride closed on their first house in July. I mention all this because he recently traveled to Colorado for two weeks on business. His company sent him …
It seems as if I’m always in a hurry. Even when I’m not. I retired in February so I no longer throw myself out of bed at five-thirty a.m. to rush downtown to an office where I finagled an hour of writing before beginning my day job. I rushed home to fix supper, exercise, shower, …
Sometimes it takes an enormous, unexpected wake-up call to learn to be thankful for the many things we take for granted. I received a series of those calls beginning two years ago this July when I discovered I had trouble picking up my feet when I walked. I was on vacation at my sister and brother-in-law’s farm …
