Gretchen Louise 4 Minute Read I’m not sure when I’ve read a series I’ve enjoyed so much. Probably not since my first encounter with Sabina in The Secret of The Rose series. Perhaps even when I met Anne or Laura, heroines of the all-time favorites series of my childhood. In Charity Wentworth, I found a true kindred spirit, in every…
Gretchen Louise 2 Minute Read Like most girls, I grew up with the dream of being a beautiful princess. Except, my image of femininity was less Sleeping Beauty or Snow White, more Queen Lucy of Narnia, Anne of Green Gables, and Josephine March. They were strong women who were far from being just ornamental: they had a passion, a calling—and…
Gretchen Louise 3 Minute Read “You know what they say,” people would tell me. “‘Absence makes the heart grow fonder’…” I’d smile, for in fact, it was the way I often comforted myself in those years of being hundreds of miles apart from the man I wanted to marry. “…Fonder for someone else!” They’d often add. Teasingly, of course. Yet…
Gretchen Louise 21 Minute Read Sometimes, beauty can only be seen in retrospect. And that’s especially true when it comes to the beauty of separation. My husband and I spent the entirety of our courtship living 500 miles apart. We knew it was a good thing then. But now, almost 4 years into the delicious togetherness of married life, we know…
Gretchen Louise 4 Minute Read written last Mother’s Day Since I got married just a few short weeks after Mother’s Day, every Mother’s Day since my wedding I’ve celebrated as a mother. That first year I had a little one growing beneath my heart–and a terrible flu bug (baby’s daddy had it too–it wasn’t just morning sickness!). The next year…
Gretchen Louise 3 Minute Read We’re having the biggest wind storm ever. You know better than that, Gretchen, I told myself. Show, don’t tell! We’re having the biggest wind storm ever. Our BBQ lid is in the middle of the lawn. So is my watering can. I haven’t ventured outside to see what else might be strewn out of place. …
Gretchen Louise 3 Minute Read It was the week before Thanksgiving. I was taking advantage of the sales to finish my Christmas shopping. It was one of my first attempts at shopping alone with two little girls in tow. The aisles of boutique shops are rarely wide enough for two people to stand side by side, let alone for a…
Gretchen Louise 2 Minute Read Early in my marriage, I was asked what encouragement I would give to singles who were still in the season of “waiting.” Here are ten bits of advice I shared. (And yes, there was a rather recurring theme…) 1. Don’t rush. Marriage is not a place at which you will “arrive” but a season which will…
Gretchen Louise 2 Minute Read When we talk of modesty, I always think of the story Elisabeth Elliot told of the Auca Indians. They wore nothing but a string around their bellies. But to them, the neighboring tribe who was lacking that tiny bit of adornment was walking around stark naked and terribly immodest. That did not mean that Elisabeth…
Gretchen Louise 2 Minute Read March. Sometimes it comes “in like a lion and out like a lamb.” But no matter what the weather was like in your corner of the world, here at ylcf.org March came in and out with books! We talked about old books and new books. Little-known titles and best-sellers. You shared stories of your own…
Gretchen Louise 1 minute From old classics to children’s books, Christian living to Christian fiction, we’ve reviewed our favorites from our very own bookshelves here in the March of Books. Now it’s your turn. We don’t just want to see what’s on your bookshelves—though that was a delight for a bibliophile’s eyes! We want to hear about those books…
Gretchen Louise 3 Minute Read Medical Fiction is not exactly the genre to be reading when you’re pregnant. I found that out last summer. I didn’t even know the genre existed until I found the books by Sandra Glahn and Dr. William Cutrer. Actually, to be more proper, the Library of Congress catalog states the subject as “Medical students—Fiction” in…
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