Welcome to the month of February! The month where clashing colors are celebrated in gigantic proportions, and somehow don’t end up looking too terrible. Maybe it’s the chocolate. Yep, I think that must be it. Those clashing pinks and reds look nice to us because there’s usually chocolate inside. If we celebrated Valentine’s Day with […]
A couple years ago I went to a weeklong writing camp for teenagers. While I was there I had the opportunity to meet a handful of various authors. One of which was Kathryn Purdie, the author of the Burning Glass trilogy and the Bone Crier’s Moon books. She was so sweet when we met and […]
This summer I went through a World War Two book phase. It was really fun to read a whole bunch of books all centered around one specific time period. (Also, I felt super smart whenever my younger brother, who is really into history, would tell the family a fact and I would think, “I know […]
Isn’t it crazy that it’s already August? I came up with three acts of kindness that I’m challenging all of you to do at some point during the month of August. Read to a child What kid doesn’t love to have a story read to them? We’re really big on reading at my house, […]
There’s a secret about me that’s hidden – not very deeply – under my surface. All it takes to learn about my secret is for someone to ask me to turn on the music. Then, anyone in a five-mile radius will suddenly know that JESSA LOVES COUNTRY MUSIC!!!!!! Every so often friends who are able […]
Each of us has a few things in our life that basically make our life what it is. These things may include family, sports, painting, art of another sort, quilting, books, writing, or interests like animals, history, or astronomy. These things give our lives meaning and purpose. They make us unique and allow us to […]
