Hello – I’m Lydia. My boss recently said that I’m “dripping with love” for where I work and what I do, and it’s true. I wake up each morning thrilled to face the day ahead of me and know that I’m right where God wants me, doing little things that God can use in a big way.
Snapshots of some of the monumental moments in my writing career.
My life changed a lot in 2019. I moved from Ohio to Kentucky and now live out my dream of living in a camper and working at the Creation Museum. That means the pictures on this page are a bit outdated, but they compass what my blog was about for the six years of its existence.
Now? Well, it’s 2020, and I’m working at getting back into the rhythm of being a writer after all the ebb and flow of an ever-changing life.
Thank you for joining me for the adventure – I hope you hang out for a bit while sipping a hot beverage or iced tea and find some rejuvenation for your heart.
My adopted family: we’ve co-authored several books, and had many grand adventures. (I don’t write about my non-adopted family for privacy reasons.)
***All thoughts and opinions on this blog (and all my social media sites) do not necessarily reflect the views of Answers in Genesis or any place where I work.***
I used to do challenges and dream posts. Here they are:
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Dream List
The date I wrote the dream down is on the left.
I’ll mark it and put the date on the right when I accomplish it.
I’ll be adding more as I think of them.
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12-11-14 Travel around the USA in a RV for six months
12-11-14 Keep track of all the books I read for a year {Completed 2014}
12-11-14 Keep track of all the money I spend for six months {Completed 2016}
12-11-14 Go to Antarctica
12-11-14 Write a list of 1,000 things I’m thankful for {Completed in November 2015}
12-11-14 Start a cooking blog
12-11-14 Go to Nebraska again
12-11-14 Be a Flower Girl in a wedding {Completed October 2019}
12-11-14 Go on a road trip to Colorado
12-11-14 Go camping with sibling(s)
12-11-14 Read the “Proverbs of the day” every day for 3 months {Jan. – March 2015}
12-11-14 Read the “Proverbs of the day” every day for 6 months {Jan. – June 2015}
12-11-14 Read the “Proverbs of the day” every day for a year {Completed 2015}
12-11-14 Keep track of all the letters I send for six months
12-11-14 Keep track of all the letters I send for a year
12-11-14 Visit Alabama
12-11-14 Visit Arkansas
12-11-14 Visit Connecticut
12-11-14 Visit Delaware
12-11-14 Visit Kansas
12-11-14 Visit Louisiana
12-11-14 Visit Maine
12-11-14 Visit Massachusetts
12-11-14 Visit Mississippi
12-11-14 Visit New Hampshire
12-11-14 Visit New Jersey
12-11-14 Visit New Mexico
12-11-14 Visit North Dakota {Completed June 2016}
12-11-14 Visit Oklahoma
12-11-14 Visit Rhode Island
12-11-14 Visit South Dakota
12-11-14 Visit Utah
12-11-14 Visit Vermont
12-11-14 Visit Washington
12-11-14 Visit Wyoming
Visit Oregon
Sit on a bench under a maple tree in the fall, wearing a sweater/sweatshirt and drinking a hot drink
Have a girly movie night with my sisters/friends {Completed November 28th, 2014}
Randomly jump into a pond/lake
Be on the radio
Eat kettle corn {Completed 12-19-14 at the Creation Museum}
Ride a horse in mountains
Go to the place(s) where Catharine Farne’s books take place
Meet Catharine Farnes
Write a handwritten card every day for a month {May 2015}
Be a voice for a character in a radio drama
Eat a donut on my wedding day
Meet someone who has read my books, but doesn’t know who I am
Get my drivers license {Completed in January 2016}
Be a bridesmaid
Be a maid of honor {Aug. 2014}
Have a huge party when I have sold a million books
Be in a movie
Have a pet skunk
Have a pet hedgehog
Have a pet rabbit {Completed multiple times starting 2016}
Ride in a hot air balloon
Eat cotton candy the day I get engaged
See the tap-dancing Riverdance
Go caving again {Completed August 30th, 2014}
Spend the night in a cave {Completed August 30th, 2014}
Write a modern-day book where the main character lives in a tipi (just cause she wants to…)
Do (and complete) NaNoWriMo again {Completed November 2015}
Write over 2,000 words every day for a week {Completed 1-27-13 Through 2-2-13}
Write to three authors who have inspired me and thank them
Write a novel that is over 150,000 words {Finished April 10th, 2015}
Have someone I don’t know contact me to tell me that they enjoyed one of my books
Write over 100,000 words in my journal in one year
Randomly make ten strangers smile in one day {Completed many times}
Introduce myself (to someone I don’t know), saying “Hi my middle name is Joy…” {Completed several times}
Talk in an accent around complete strangers {Completed August 30th, 2014 and also November 23rd, 2014}
Spend a week or so (at least) in New England
Memorize Psalm 119
Memorize a book of the Bible
Memorize three chapters of the Bible (not from that ^ book)
Go for a week with only eating fresh fruits, veggies and nuts, etc… (Berries, and those sorts of things included) {Completed January 6-12, 2013}
Go for 30 days without eating any sugar (fruit and such is acceptable) {Completed 2-2-13}
Write a book that takes place during WW1
Write a book that takes place during WW2
Go to Hawaii {Completed April, 2013}
Collect shells in Hawaii {Completed April, 2013}
Go to Europe {Completed April 25th-May22nd, 2014}
Go to Alaska
Write a series that starts around the time that the Mayflower first landed, and write a book for every generation, ending with me. (Some of my ancestors came over on the Mayflower)
Buy a sweatshirt in Colorado {Completed June 2013}
Hire someone to do research for my writing
Have an office solely devoted to writing {Completed 2014}
Have a bedroom in an attic
Have glow in the dark painted stars in my bedroom
Have black lights for the glow in the dark paint
Read 20 books in a month {Completed December, 2014. I read 23 books}
Go to Africa {Completed Jan. 2015}
Go to Asia {March 15th, 2014 through April 15th, 2014}
Go to Australia
Go back to South America
Visit all 50 States
Go to a concert {October 4th, 2014 post}
Visit a large library for a whole day, just to be there
Go to Ireland
Go to England {Completed May, 2014}
Go to Holland and see The Beje (the house where Corrie ten Boom lived) {Completed May, 2014}
Write and publish a children’s chapter books that teach them to grow and set goals, have good habits, be leaders, etc… {Completed on November 10th, 2014}
Go on a rafting trip down the Grand Canyon
Go to Yellowstone National Park
Take a road trip out west
Go to Montana {Completed in July 2016}
Run (or walk) a half marathon {Completed October 2016}
Run (or walk) a marathon
Learn sign language fluently
Learn to read braille
Go on a hiking/camping trip for at least five days
Go on an overnight canoeing trip
Spend several hours writing in a coffee shop {Completed April 2015}
Roll down a hill {Compelted May 2019}
Write (on the same thing) every day for six months {Completed March 10th, 2013}
Write (on the same thing) every day for a year {Completed September 10th, 2013}
Get a bookstore to begin selling my books
Write an award-winning book
Sell books in other countries
Speak in front of a group of at least 50 people
Speak in front of a group of at least 100 people
Speak in front of a group of at least 250 people
Speak in front of a group of at least 500 people
Speak in front of a group of at least 1,000 people
Get my series of kids creation books edited and published {First book published June 13th, 2013}
Get Where Dandelions Grow edited and published {Completed September 2018}
Do a book signing {Completed for the first time June 13th, 2013}
Go on a book signing tour
Eat an apple and carmel sucker again {September 30th, 2014}
Have someone tell me that I made their day (being serious, without me trying to get them to) {Completed multiple times}
Dance in the rain, singing {Completed}
Have someone tell me I changed their life for the better {Completed}
Learn to French braid
