Right Where I Belong Giveaway!

Giveaway time!! Right Where I Belong  has been released from the warehouse. I have two copies that I would love to give away. And since this story has a lot to do with moving and adjusting to a new place, I want to hear your stories about just that. Any story, any...

Black Friday Phobia

Black Friday scares me. It’s not that I don’t enjoy shopping — I do. I need to be looking for something specific, though. Window shopping is boring. Shopping when I have no money is boring. Shopping in super expensive stores where I couldn’t...

Almost Christmas, But Not Quite

The Christmas season begins the day after Thanksgiving, people. At the McGee house, we don’t pull out our Christmas movies, Christmas CD’s or Christmas decorations until then. There’s no “Christmas in July,” no Rudolph or Frosty allowed...

Broken

Five years ago, our family moved from Spain back to the states. Of all the moves we’ve made — and we’ve made several — that was the most difficult. Because it wasn’t just belongings packed in those suitcases. My dreams were in there. The short version of this very...

Weak

I don’t like being in charge of things. I want the proverbial buck to stop with someone else. Not me. I don’t like the success or failure of anything to be dependant on me. It stresses me out. So what does God do? He puts me in charge of stuff. Five years...

Looking Up

Our family lived in Costa Rica in 2005. When we first moved there, I hated it. I know. You’re thinking I’m a crazy whiner. And you’re right. But here’s the deal: I was expecting tropical paradise. The reality – at least in San Jose...