Christmas Is . . .

By Ruth L Snyder | December 19, 2013 |

Last Sunday we were sitting in church with our five not-so-angels. As you mothers know, Sunday morning can turn from peaceful worship preparation to frantic survival mode in less than a second. This particular Sunday had more trigger points than usual: It was Christmas program day. Not only that, but it was also last minute…

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Guest Post: All I Want for Christmas Is

By Ruth L Snyder | December 16, 2013

Today my friend and fellow author, Janice Dick, joins me on my blog. Janice Dick writes historical and contemporary fiction, inspirational articles, blogs and book reviews. She also edits and presents writing workshops. Website:  www.janicedick.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/janice.dick.56 Twitter: https://twitter.com/JaniceDick54 Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/jldwriter/boards/ Goodreads:  http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/12780648 Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/author/janicedick Google+: google.com/+JaniceLDick All I Want for Christmas Is . . .…

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Guest Post – Reaching out at Christmas

By Ruth L Snyder | December 2, 2013 |

Today I’m pleased to welcome Kathi Macias to my blog. I’ve enjoyed reading some of Kathi’s books and in August Kathi invited me to join her as an author in her Kathi Macias 12 Days of Christmas Series. Kathi Macias is a multi-award winning writer who has authored nearly 40 books and ghostwritten several others.…

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The Essence of Christmas

By Ruth L Snyder | November 30, 2013 |

Writers are challenged to condense each story down to a one or two sentence tag line. What would be your “tagline” for Christmas? In other words, what does Christmas mean to you? If the pretty lights, snow, times with family and friends, baking, tasty treats, and frantic shopping disappeared, would it still be Christmas? This…

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Choosing to Rejoice

By Ruth L Snyder | November 10, 2012 |

I was rinsing dishes my youngest son was washing for the third time because he didn’t get them clean the first two times. In my mind I was reluctantly going over my “to do” list for the day—washing clothes, folding clothes, baking, cleaning, cooking …. The phone rang. It was Marie. She wanted to talk…

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