This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Surrender the Heart Barbour Publishing (August 1, 2010) by M. L. Tyndall REVIEW: Another review by my dear friend, who has read all the M.L. Tyndall books I own. I let her have first crack at this one. What is your destiny? Marianne Denton and Noah [...]
Category Archives: Military
Ahh, the Fragrant Scent of Fair Time
Yep, it’s that time again in the Peck household. Kids are in a flurry to complete projects and posters. Glue, markers, construction paper and printer paper scraps flying, and tape running out in two-fold. Yeah, it’s fair time again. And this year, we have cookie batter coming out our ears! The 2 eldest finally picked [...]
Great Article from Publisher’s Weekly
I’ve been a bit lazy lately about posting on my blog. But I guess I have a sort of an excuse. This summer has been uber-busy with all the stuff we’ve had to do with the kids. But I wanted to share this great article I found on Publisher’s Weekly. Read on! Why I Write…Siobhan [...]
Military Spouse Appreciation Day
I totally did not blog about this on Friday, seeing as I was doing a bunch of stuff before we left for the weekend to head back to Iowa. But If you’d like to learn more about it and show your appreciation to us Military Wives you can check it out here: http://www.army.mil/spouse/. Hooah!
Stranger helps reunite Purple Heart with family
By Jake Russell – Jacksonville (Ill.) Journal-Courier via AP Posted : Friday Apr 23, 2010 9:35:01 EDT JACKSONVILLE, Ill. — A Korean War veteran’s Purple Heart bought for a dollar at a weekend garage sale in Jacksonville sparked a mystery that intertwined Tuesday with a Gurley, Ala., woman’s yearlong mission. The medal, encased in a [...]
CFBA On the Road Home by Terry Burns
This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing On The Road Home Port Yonder Press; 1st edition (March 3, 2010) by Terry Burns My Review: I wasn’t able to read everything in this book, simply due to receiving the book late because of difficulties the publisher had getting them out. But it was worth [...]
Soldier’s Family Experiences Extreme Makeover
March 16, 2010 Courtesy of USAA Hattiesburg, MS, United States On Sunday March 21, 2010, Ty Pennington and the designers of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” (“EM:HE”) will show the nation the opportunity they had to give back to a Mississippi Army National Guard Soldier who has given so much to his country and his community. [...]
The Hurt Locker
A few nights ago Hubby rented The Hurt Locker. It’s a movie based on the Army’s elite Explosive Ordinance Disposal group in the early days of the Iraq War. When I saw the trailer for it, I knew it was one of those movies I planned to watch. Forgot about it until Hubs brought it [...]
Take Root & Write
This past week I made the difficult decision to step down from my column She Wears Combat Boots Too over at Take Root and Write. The past few months have shown me that my time is starting to be strained and things that have more importance have taken a back seat. So, today is my [...]






