2020 was a year like most of us have never experienced. Social turmoil, a pandemic, economic downturn, social isolation, and violent terror attacks. Conversely, there was also a resurgence of families spending time together, children playing outside, an awakening of faith, a renewed appreciation for many things we’d long taken for granted. Over the next several weeks I will … [Read more...]
We are Counting Down to Apollo 11 Launch and Jessie Release
Countdown Clock The countdown to the forty-fifth anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon launch and the release of Jessie has begun! Forty five years ago the world watched as Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong blasted off from Kennedy Space Center with the moon as their goal. Would they be able to land, what would the moon be like? Four days later they did indeed land as the world … [Read more...]
A Blessing for the New Year
May your new year be happy. May your troubles be few. May you thrive and believe, As our Father comes through. … [Read more...]
Merry Christmas!
Jessie and Atlantis
I’m sitting beneath the Space Shuttle Atlantis. My eyes burn and my heart aches with pride and sadness. Our country worked so hard and sacrificed so much to conquer space. There are not words to accurately express the wash of emotions I have felt today. Poignant sadness at the reminders of those we have lost. Soaring joy and excitement at the recreation of the moon landing. Awe … [Read more...]
Writing Life~Evolution and Me
I have been writing for a long time. I don’t pretend to know anything about what is right and proper, but I trust the Holy Spirit to guide me, and guide He does. The thing is, He steers me this way and that seemingly at random. Randomness turns into synchronicity, synchronicity to evolution. Evolution? Isn’t that a bad word? Evolution is the only word I know that … [Read more...]
Researching Jessie Has Been More Fun Than I Ever Imagined
Researching my current work in progress, Jessie, has been more fun and educational than I could have ever imagined. I grew up in the shadow of the Space Shuttle program. Nearly everyone I knew had a family member working at Kennedy Space Center, and we were all personally touched by the Challenger disaster, and yet, there was so much I didn’t know about the early years of this … [Read more...]
Rebekah’s Space Flight Research Library
In the process of writing the Jessie Cole series I immersed myself in extensive research. I grew up on Florida's Space Coast and I wanted this series to capture what amazing and inspiring story lie behind the headlines. If you are interested in space exploration, this is a list of books I enjoyed reading while writing the series. I hope you enjoy them too. Elon Musk: Tesla, … [Read more...]
Finding Solitude
Solitude isn’t the same as isolation, at least in my heart and mind. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines solitude as “the quality or state of being alone or removed from society” and isolation as “the action of isolating or the condition of being isolated.” I find something relaxing and restorative about solitude, while I never associate isolation with any positive. Prisons … [Read more...]
Celebrate Every Day
Do you ever feel like each day is no different from the last? I know many of us have struggled, particularly the past year, with time blurring together. Over the years I’ve heard radio DJs announce celebrations for National Friendship Day, National Ice Cream Day, National Pancake Day, so many National Days it seems like there’s a celebration designated for every … [Read more...]
Saintly Souls
This snippet by Kenelm Digby was included in the November 12 reading in Streams in the Desert. He was an interesting Englishman, floating in and out of favor with Kings. From Britannica: Sir Kenelm Digby, (born July 11, 1603, Gayhurst, Buckinghamshire, England—died June 11, 1665, London), English courtier, philosopher, diplomat, and scientist of the reign of Charles I. He … [Read more...]
