by Ingrid Lochamire | Oct 12, 2017 | Good Books
Fair warning here: This post will be a bit random because sometimes that’s just the way my brain works. (I apologize in advance for the number of words I’m piling on you today.) In the previous post on “story” I mentioned this fact —...
by Ingrid Lochamire | Sep 19, 2017 | Good Books, Writing
I love a good story. Don’t you? There weren’t a lot of story books in our home when I was growing up, but our neighborhood babysitter had plenty. She introduced me to the wonder of fairy tales, reading to me and my sisters at bedtime from one of the big,...
by Ingrid Lochamire | May 25, 2017 | Faith, Family, Good Books
I love adoption stories. Reading or hearing about families that are formed or enriched by opening their hearts and homes to a child gives me hope for the world in general. Adoption, to me, is the ultimate example of sacrificial love.. Meadow Rue Merrill and her family...
by Ingrid Lochamire | May 12, 2017 | Faith, Good Books
“And then the day came, when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to Bloom.” Anais Nin I would love to give every woman in my life a copy of Everbloom: Stories of Living Deeply Rooted and Transformed Lives. Instead, I’m...
by Ingrid Lochamire | Apr 17, 2017 | Good Books
One of my favorite things about reading good books is sharing them with others. A Cup of Dust and A Trail of Crumbs by Susie Finkbeiner are works of fiction I can wholeheartedly recommend. Susie, an author from West Michigan, has a way with words, to say the least....
by Ingrid Lochamire | Mar 27, 2017 | Faith, Good Books, Wisdom
Recently, a handful of women from my church joined me in reading and discussing Lysa TerKeurst’s book “The Best Yes”. Though our numbers dwindled over the six weeks we met, those of us who remained at the end agreed that our time together had been...
