brain – Nancy Tart: Writing for Life

Did Noah Have Daughters?

Random thoughts in my crazy writer's brain. [...]

#2023 #Family #Pictures #Encourage #Imagination #FloorBlocks #HouseBlocks #BuildingHousesOutOfFoamFloorMatSquares #ProblemSolving #Boys #WatchWithWonder #Children #TheFascinatingImaginationOfAChild [...]

Life Goals

December 28, 2022 Life Goals I continually reevaluate my “life goals,” if you want to call them that. Core has always been to love Jesus, pass that on to everyone I can touch, and show love when I can. The additions have changed a little: Pre-twenties, I wanted to be [...]

Turtles In The Kitchen

December 3, 2022 Turtles in the Kitchen It had been one of those days. You know, when you begin to question everything, your brain shouts accusing bits at you and highlights every choice you’ve made since infancy, and your biggest challenge is to find something joyful to think on or [...]

Yammer

In case you didn’t know, I’m fascinated with words. The English language is amazing as the myriad of possible adjectives are beyond enumeration. (Exaggeration? Likely, I’ll bet someone, somewhere, has a count on how many adjectives are proper in our English.) #WritersBrain #Write #Author #AuthorBrain #ILoveWriting #TheEnglishLanguageIsBeautiful #HowManyWordsMeanLove #OldMovie [...]

Once Upon a Date

Now, though... I understand the insane shock that caused by parents not to jump with joy when I showed off my ring and announced I was engaged. #TotalAndCompleteShock [...]

Doubly Blessed

A tiny story about how my prayers being answered became my children being doubly blessed! [...]

God! Help!

January 5, 2021 God! Help! This blog is for those moms, big sisters, teachers, coaches, etc. who have ever raised their hands up in the sky and demanded with tears streaming down their eyes, “God! Help!” If you’ve never done that, please leave the rest of us in our private [...]

Failing to Compare

July 23, 2020 Failing to Compare Do you know what I hope I fail in? Seriously. I’m super competitive by nature. I had to teach myself that trying to “be my best” is a different thing than being better than someone else. I had to fail at comparing. What are [...]

Improvising

April 10, 2020 Improvising Sometimes things don’t go as planned. So you have to learn to improvise. In the words from a movie I used to watch with my Daddy, “adapt and overcome.” (Heartbreak Ridge with Clint Eastwood) Daddy used that phrase all the time, along with “think outside the [...]