April Coker, Author

Author: aencoker

  • Weebles wobble, toddlers toddle. . .

    Is there anything more fun than observing the wonder of new discoveries in a toddler?  If you need a dose of joy, follow a toddler, defined by Merriam-Webster as “a young child who is just learning to walk.”  Wikipedia states that “a toddler is a child 12 to 36 months of age.”  I prefer Wikipedia’s…

  • The Little White House on Willow Branch Road

    My parents traded houses with my grandparents on my daddy’s side when I was four, which would be in 1963, so we moved from the big house to the little white house.  They decided to trade houses because the big house had more room, and then my two aunts and an uncle were still living…

  • Bad Weather is Good Weather

    Disclaimer:  Before you read this, please understand that no disrespect is intended toward those who have been adversely affected by bad weather, and I’m sure if I had lost possessions or people because of the weather I would have a different opinion.  In fact, I did lose a brother-in-law, niece, and nephew in an accident…

  • My Christmas Cup Runneth Over

    I’ve lived through 57 Christmases, some of them memorable, some not so memorable, even though I have tried to honor God during most of them by celebrating the birthday of His Son, which is what it is supposed to be about anyway. But the real meaning of Christmas and the Nativity aside, this Christmas has…

  • The Junk Gypsies and Me

    A little over a month ago I told you that I had been selected to be on the Junk Gypsy Book Launch Team.   I received a digital watermarked copy of their new book, Junk  Gypsy: Designing a Life at the Crossroads of Wonder & Wander by Amie and Jolie Sikes, published by Touchstone Books…