Actor Robin Williams mezmerized me the moment I saw him on “Mork and Mindy.” Other girls in my junior high school had crushes on the Dukes of Hazzard hunks, or Leif Garrett, but for me, that crazy alien from Ork was who I imagined hanging out with for great weekend fun. His death by suicide this week has stunned the world. How can someone who brings such joy to others possibly be depressed?
5.0 out of 5 stars I can’t imagine the strength it took to write down … July 30, 2014
I can’t imagine the strength it took to write down and disseminate this story. But coming clean with our past, making peace with our actions, and creating a ministry out of the associated pain and regret in order to prevent others from experiencing it is the highest form of bravery and service. Kudos to Kristan Gray for being a heroine to those who…..
I appreciate everyone who writes a review of my book “No One Could Know,” whether it is on Amazon, Barnes and Nobel or elsewhere. My prayer is that the book gets in to every heart in every language at the right time God has intended!
5.0 out of 5 stars But it’s a good bet your teen years–and mine–were a stroll in the …, July 24, 2014 By Michael L. Peterson This review is from: No One Could Know (Paperback) “No One Could…..
Book excerpt from Chapter 3: My Sixteenth Birthday
…As a young girl I expected turning sixteen to be a grand affair in such a Scarlett-O’Hara-ball sort of way that I’d even dreamed of making a dress out of green velvet curtains like Scarlett had. But to this day, all I know is that I did get that coveted gold watch at some point. Perhaps that was the occasion I received the Seventeen magazine subscription.
The teen publications all promoted a physical…..
Being a published author of an autobiography is frightful. Seeing your name on the worldwide web, in press releases and on the cover of a book found in bookstores, and reading reviews on Amazon is mind-blowing. It’s also most humbling. 
Especially when the topic is all about “the real you.” Transparency with my life is something I’ve grown comfortable with over…..
I hope to see you at The Women of Faith Conference in Kansas City – I’ll be attending for a book signing event on Saturday, August 23!
My book, “No One Could Know,” is impacting lives in a fabulous way. It’s humbling to see reviews like this on Amazon from women and men:
A Need to Read Story.., June 19,…..
Did you know more than 9,000 plants are federally protected? But not humans. So is the pomace fly. But humans aren’t fully protected.
“Flies…but not humans” is a column I wrote that published today in The Valley News in response to a letter to the…..
Daddies have a profound impact on their daughters … at any age.
Time spent intertwining the souls of a little girl and her father is never wasted time. Ten minutes singing in the car on the way to school, ten minutes making butterscotch pudding together, or ten minutes that it takes to read a bedtime story can forever…..
“Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.” – Lin Yutang
The day I became a mother was a most incredible experience, as most mothers would concur. But for me, the day was beyond monolithic.
As a little girl I’d set goals of becoming an astronaut, a lawyer, a surgeon…or a waitress (!). In college, I’d studied courses to become an interior decorator or psychologist…or a doctor of decorating, perhaps. But, I landed in the…..
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