Pencil in His Hand: A Mother's Journal of Stories, Thoughts, and Poems.

  Blog News Dear Readers, Thanks for stopping by. This is just going to be a short post about a few small changes here on the blog. I've been praying about my blogging and writing, and God has put a new sense of purpose in my heart. From now on, I will also be writing for my children and grandchild(ren) :). This blog will be my little online legacy to them. At the same time, I hope that my writing will continue to bless and encourage all who enjoy popping in to the blog. I will still be posting my usual content, along with some thoughts and extra  Photos. Posting may be more frequent, or may seem a bit random at times, as led. :) God willing, I will post at least once a week. Thanks again, And may God bless and keep you, Love from a pencil in His Hand.

  Flash Fiction, A Poem, Garden Glimpses, & an Update In this post: a mini inspirational story, a poem, plus what's up in my garden, and a blog and writing update . A sparrow, yet loved and counted. Photo: Ratanjot Singh.Unsplash. Little One The little one watches from her spot in the old apple tree. She peeks through the canopy of bright green leaves and ruby globes. She watches while resting in shady, cool, calm. She stares at the rushing, busy, blurry people. Where are they going? Why so rushed? People of all sizes and styles, yet all with the same harried, frazzled, furrowed frowns. She cocks her head, then fluffs her feathers: just a little sparrow, yet loved, fed, and counted. While people rush and worry, she lives, and breathes, and feeds, and flies; before she falls, and softly dies.  In Him. *** End of Self Now at end of self, decided: Give my all to You. Lay down each rock, and burden, sin: and start each day anew. *** Garden Glimpses January here in the southern...

  Dear Readers, As you may know, I was forced to take down my Word Press author website because of the advertisements. I prefer an ad-free environment in which to share stories, poems and writing updates.  Which is why I have made this site on Blogger. On Blogger, you get to choose whether you want ads or not. A Basket of Hope and 'n Bekertjie Vol Hoop are still up and running in case you missed out on any free reads. (You can find their links on my About Page.) I am still writing a few shorter pieces here and there, but my main project at the moment is The Mocha Mermaid. I am not sure what the final word count is going to be. With God's help, I am planning to just enjoy the writing process and not worry too much about how long it's going to be. I believe it will be as long as it needs to be in the end. Along with that, I also have an inspirational fantasy story on the back burner. Please pray for me, that I will write words which honour and glorify God, and that each story...