Maranda Russell

Healthy Living with Chronic Pain

Rough days

The last couple days have been really rough. My foster son’s dad died unexpectedly Monday, which left us all in shock. It fell to me to sit my foster son down and break the bad news, which was simply awful to have to do. As the words came out of my mouth his eyes filled […]

April 21, 2011
Cereal!!!! Yay!!!

Ok, I admit it, I’m a little obsessed with cereal. I have probably tried every kind known to man (including some international kinds that I had to specially order). At any time, we have probably 8-10 different kinds of cereal open in our house, plus another 10-15 unopened boxes of cereal on top of our fridge. […]

April 19, 2011
Self doubt

Do any other authors out there struggle to believe that what you write is actually worth writing? For the past few months I’ve been able to make a fairly successful living off of my copywriting and ghostwriting clients, plus I have had publishers show real interest in my creative writing, however, I still doubt every […]

April 17, 2011
“Soul Surfer” – truly inspirational with an unexpected message

Today my husband and I went to see the movie “Soul Surfer” while our foster son had his visitation with his biological family. I wanted to see this movie because I figured it would be inspiring. The story is about Bethany Hamilton, the girl who lost an arm in a shark attack back in 2003. Beth […]

April 16, 2011
Are you a book snooper?

I’ve always been one of those people who like to snoop around someone else’s house. I’m not the kind of person who snoops through the medicine cabinet or sneaks into someone else’s bedroom, but I am constantly on the lookout for one thing…books. So why do I search out books? Personally, I believe that you can tell a […]

April 14, 2011
Feeling guilty…

Today we had a call to see if we were interested in taking in a 4-year-old foster child. Due to the child’s particular problems and visitation schedule, I felt that we had to say no. I really wanted to give it a try, but on the other hand I didn’t want to bring a kid […]

April 14, 2011
Things I’ve Learned Today

*There is a penis museum in Iceland that just received their first human donation…hmmm. *There are Jews who deny that the holocaust happened…or even attempt to justify it. What kind of self-hating people are they? *The Mormons have magical underwear. *Michael Jackson was apparently very spiritual, because some people believe that black people can become white […]

April 13, 2011
Such a sad story…how can people be filled with so much hate?

Been reading a book for young adults called “Surviving the Angel of Death”. It was written by Eva Kor, a holocaust survivor who was one of the famous twins that Dr. Mengele experimented on at Auschwitz. The things these kids went through is horrific. When they arrived at Auschwitz, Eva’s mother, father and two sisters […]

April 12, 2011
Busy, busy, busy!

Woah, it’s been a crazy week! Between our normal duties due to foster care, I also took up copywriting this week and cast a line out to some publishers for my picture book manuscripts. The bad news? I ended up with the stomach flu or something. The good news? I’m really liking copywriting so far […]

April 10, 2011
Should you consider doing respite care?

Do you have an extra bedroom available and want to do something to help kids? Believe it or not, foster care and adoption aren’t the only options available. If you would prefer short term stays and want to meet lots of different kids, respite care may be the way to go. So what is respite […]

April 8, 2011