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Favorite Books from Childhood, Part 2: Early Elementary (K-3)

What fun yesterday was when I posted this on Facebook! Below is the second part of my “Favorite Books from Childhood” bookshelf, a real bookshelf I’m in the process of setting up, in case you missed the first post. I am SO enjoying rereading the books listed below! Little Black is still heartbreaking, and it was a shock to realize how un-P.C. the Bobbsey Twins books were. Haven’t gotten to Ellen Tebbetts yet, or Billy and Blaze. What books did you love, and maybe read over and over, ages 5-8? Early Elementary (K-3), ten favorites: Little Black, a Pony, by [...]

By Lori Closter|2018-02-07T15:27:54-05:00January 8th, 2018|Categories: Children's Literature|Comments Off

Favorite Books from Childhood, Part 1: Birth-Kindergarten

I am a writer, but before that, and all my life, I’ve been a reader. And over the past few frozen weeks, I’ve taken great pleasure in an unusual project: I’m assembling (and rereading!) all my favorite books from my childhood through high school, birth to age 18, on a single honored shelf. (If they fit.) No Kindles! They’re not all great literature, though many are classics. I’m going to share them by stages, and would love to hear your favorites as well. So here goes: Birth through Kindergarten, ten favorites. Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown Angus and the [...]

By Lori Closter|2018-02-07T15:32:31-05:00January 7th, 2018|Categories: Children's Literature|Comments Off

From Empty to Abundantly Blessed

Growing up in a Christian home, I often felt God was trying to rob me of a good time. It seemed that everything fun, normal, socially acceptable and interesting, I was not allowed to do. From movies to friends and boyfriends, some level of restriction always made me feel an outcast. I wanted to be “good”, or at least appear that way, so I sheltered myself behind social anxiety and avoided challenging situations. As high school progressed I led my own quiet rebellion, teetering on the edge of faith and obligation in my relationship with God. Starting in college, a [...]

By Lori Closter|2018-01-08T14:51:20-05:00December 7th, 2016|Categories: Your Stories|Comments Off

Keeping God at the Center of Your Relationship

I had been in several dead-end relationships for many years. Always thinking “This will be the ONE,” and he never was. I so desperately wanted to get married and have children. I was in a very unhealthy relationship for four years before my now-husband. ... It was extremely detrimental to my well-being. Looking back, I am so thankful for God giving me the strength to break it off, even though it took me several times before I made it permanent. God was in my life, but I was being disobedient and didn’t trust He’d bring me the right man at [...]