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SATURDAISIES: Yes, Another Holly Chamberlain Post
So. You know. I’m standing there in my classroom just before Thanksgiving making sure that my biscuits understand how to make in-text citations, MLA style, because that’s pretty important since I send...
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SATURDAISIES: Moments Pass — Even the Good Ones — With Holly Chamberlain
Moments Pass is one of the three core messages of the aMasongrace Project, the non-profit that Holly created when Mason left us. She tells young people everywhere: Moments Pass Please Stay You Matter...
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SATURDAISIES: No One is Coming — With Holly Chamberlain
Here you are in one of the deepest holes you’ve ever been in, and you don’t know how you’re ever going to get out. You’ve suffered a tragic loss. Hope Givers (hopefully) have swooped in to sit with you...
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SATURDAISIES: There’s No Such Thing as a “Safe Zone”— The 4th in the Holly...
Actor Anthony Geary (Luke of the famed “Luke and Laura” on General Hospital) said once that he lied a lot as a child and believed his lies, which he thought was a natural step into acting. We silly...
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SATURDAISIES: Changing One’s Narrative into a Whole ‘Nuther Story – With Dr....
It is no secret that my favorite YA author is Dr. Gary D. Schmidt. Last summer I read everything he’s ever written for kids, and I teach two of his novels to my 7th graders with a third book of his...
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SATURDAISIES: Checked Off a HUGE Bucket List Item – with Dr. Gary D. Schmidt
That just happened… Dr. Gary D. Schmidt, the greatest young adult lit writer in our time or any other, came to my school. Stayed at my house. Sat at my table. Met my students. And poured out...
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SATURDAISIES: HopeGivers: Hope is Here — IS HERE!
Hope Givers: Hope is Here To Pre-order your signed copy of Hope Givers please click on the button: Or send a check for $22.85 to: Daisy Rain Martin 16433 N. Midland Blvd. #1 Nampa, ID 83687 $14.95 +...
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SATURDAISIES: RAIN Writer Saturday with Shelby Roeder – The Dark Side of...
by Shelby Roeder There are times in life where you feel hopeless. Where no matter what choice you choose you seem to get pushed further down the wrong path. I know that life almost always gets better...
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SATURDAISIES: We Have Every Right to Tell Our Stories — They’re Ours
First of all, I want to thank my niece, Shelby Roeder for her brave and eloquent post last week. Her story of getting out of an abusive relationship as a teenager really resonated with my followers,...
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SATURDAISIES: Where is the Life Guard? With RAIN Writer, Kelly Gibbons
I’ve heard people say they’ve reached the bottom. How did they recognize it as the bottom? I always wondered what their point of reference was? Had I reached bottom? I mean, how would you know if...
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SATURDAISIES: What Do You Say to Hope Givers that are Getting Their Butts...
We tell our kids all the time, “Stand up for what is right!” as if that’s all they need to know. That IS what we need to tell kids, and it’s also what we need to model for them every day and how we...
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SATURDAISIES: Hope Tour 2016
We are putting together the HOPE TOUR 2016! If you are interested in having Daisy speak to your church in Northern, Central, or Southern California as well as Las Vegas between: – July 11th and July...
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SATURDAISIES: Please share #HopeTour2016 Information Pack with Pastors and...
Hello all! If you are interested in having me come speak to your church, please share this information with your pastors and friends. Simply click on this link, and it should download automatically:...
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SATURDAISIES: She’s Like Me — Some Thoughts on Inclusion and Exclusion and a...
Hopefully you were one of the millions of people this week who caught this bit about the little girl who received this precious gift: a doll with a prosthetic leg — just like her: If you were able...
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SATURDAISIES: A Hope Givers Book Review by Roger Wolsey
I am very blessed and honored and thrilled to have had my second book, Hope Givers, reviewed by Roger Wolsey, an ordained United Methodist pastor who serves as the director of the Wesley Foundation at...
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SATURDAISIES: Kayla Harrison – Gold Medal Olympian, Survivor, and THRIVER!
You know I love the Olympics for just one thing: GLOBAL UNITY! I love when the planet comes together! Now, if the Olympics just didn’t have so many sporting events… HA! Just kidding… mostly. Kind...
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SATURDAISIES: Thoughts on Getting Past Child Sexual Abuse Once and For All,...
If you’re serious about finding healing from your past, hashing out your crap with God, confiding your deepest, darkest secrets to a safe person in a safe place, and wanting to replace those years that...
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SATURDAISIES: I Thought I’d Check In… Selah!
Hello all! And thank you to those of you who have asked where SATURDAISIES has been the past few weeks. You know what? I’m in a period of rest and reflection right now. #HopeTour2016 is winding...
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SATURDAISIES: #HopeTour2016 with Cody Stauffer and All That’s Holy: Blue...
Hello Rainy Dais Family! I’m going to start a series of posts where I’ve transcribed my interview with Cody Stauffer and the All That’s Holy: Blue Collar Podcast. You’ll be able to read the interview...
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SATURDAISIES: Madonna Made Me a Feminist – Jesus Made Me a Princess
Madonna’s “Blonde Ambition” tour completely altered the entire trajectory of my thinking in regard to my place in the world. Her admonition to me when I was in high school to “Respect [Myself]” had...
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