Karen on June 30th, 2011

I received a prayer request from Vicki concerning pulmonary hypertension.  She says, “Please pray for Canaan.  The doctors cannot figure out how to help him.” Will do, Vicki.  Both you and Canaan are on my heart tonight.

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Karen on June 27th, 2011

I received this prayer request last night: My daughter Rosabela just turned 4 years old a few days ago.  She went to have a procedure to fix the SVT (Supraventricular tachycardia), and that became unsuccessful.  It was discovered that she has PAPVR (Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return).  We are awaiting final diagnosis. Please pray for [...]

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Karen on June 15th, 2011

This past weekend, I traveled to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, for the 20th Annual Southern Christian Writers Conference.  I attended several nice workshops and met some wonderful folks.  It was truly a blessing. I decided to enter my Parents magazine article, “Nathan’s Wonder Slide,” in the conference writing contest.  On Saturday, I learned my entry won first [...]

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Karen on June 1st, 2011

I recently tried my hand at making cake pops, a delicious dessert novelty made popular by blogger Angie Dudley, aka Bakerella.  With the help of my daughter, Michelle, we knocked out about fifty of these babies in an evening. There are hundreds of different cake pop design possibilities; we chose to make mostly Honey Bees.  [...]

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