The Pacific Northwest, and particularly Whidbey Island, is extremely suited to be a location in a novel.

I knew from the age of seven that I was meant to be a writer.

Everything in our lives," she said quietly, "leads to everything else in our lives. So a moment in the present has a reference point, both in the past and in the future. I want you to know that you--as you are right now and as you ever will be--are fully enough for this moment . . .

What a blessing to be able to leave the cares of life for a brief period and spend time in the outstretched arms of your Shepherd, rubbing, as it were, your cheek against His face in intimate fellowship through prayer.

When God is in sharp focus, then life is also undistorted.

No matter what you do each day...or in life...doing things God's way is a matter of the heart.

The Pacific Northwest, and particularly Whidbey Island, is extremely suited to be a location in a novel.