December
- A poem I wrote was made into a picture book by CLA Kids (the Children’s Ministry Department of my church). Hurry to Bethlehem was then distributed to all elementary children to be memorized and performed as a part of the children’s Christmas presentation. Thank you, Laurel Archer and all others involved!
November
- My husband had hip replacement surgery at the beginning of the month. During his convalescence I put most of my writing projects on the back burner to be our full-time cook, house cleaner, driver, shopper etc.
October
- On October 18 & 19 – I attended the inspirational Global Leadership Summit simulcast at my church.
August 2017
- Two of my poems have been selected for inclusion in the poetry anthology The Best of Today’s Little Ditty Volume 2 (a collection of poems by children’s poets; here’s what Volume 1 looked like).
- I have accepted the position of Poetry Editor for FellowScript magazine! I’ll be looking for two or three poems from Inscribe members per quarterly issue. More details HERE.
July 2017
- A poem of mine was published in Testimony Magazine.
June 2017
On June 26th the Fraser Valley Poetry Society launched O Canada: Celebrating 150 Years. This anthology celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday contains 208 pages of poems about Canada and other subjects by 18 local poets as well many coloured photos. As I was the associate editor and reader for this project, it felt like a big accomplishment to get it all put together and published.
May 2017
- My poem “The Longsuffering of Old Bibles” was a finalist in the 2017 Word Awards – Poetry Category. (It didn’t win, though).
April 2017
- A poem I wrote (“To the Homeless”) won Honourable Mention in the 2017 Utmost Christian Writers Poetry Contest.
February / March 2017
- I was honoured to be a contributing editor of the Spring issue of Time of Singing.
