by Julie McGue | Apr 1, 2026 | That Girl This Life
The Adoptee’s Guide to Healing, Wholeness & Growth with Lynda Monk Lynda Monk Speaker & Author I am so ready for Spring, a time when everything cycles, changes and blooms again — even us. Spring is also perfect timing for this newly launched book by my friend,...
by Julie McGue | Mar 18, 2026 | That Girl This Life
Book Festivals Keep Stories Alive Julie McGue Author There’s a special kind of anticipation that comes with unpacking your books at a festival—the careful lining up of titles, arranging of bookmarks and bookplates, and straightening of acrylic stands until everything...
by Julie McGue | Mar 4, 2026 | That Girl This Life
Sleepless in the Suburbs Julie McGue Author When the visual image on my phone comes into focus, my face gleams. I take in my adult son’s face and the image of him holding my youngest grandson, now ten months old, close to the screen. “Aww, it’s great to see you guys....
by Julie McGue | Feb 18, 2026 | That Girl This Life
The Loose Ends of Love and Service Julie McGue Author “Life’s not perfect. Some loose ends may never get trimmed and tidied.” — Hoda Kotb When I first came across that quote, I felt it wrap around my heart. For the past two years, I have been dealing with government...
by Julie McGue | Feb 11, 2026 | That Girl This Life
One Cake, Two Candles Julie McGue Author Earlier this week, I traded emails with a friend who is also both an identical twin and an adoptee. We were swapping stories—the kind only twins can truly understand—about that unique, tangled mix of closeness and...
by Julie McGue | Jan 14, 2026 | That Girl This Life
A Twin Thing: On Twin Loss, Twin Love, and the Bonds that Shape Us Julie McGue Author I didn’t expect the news to undo me the way it did. When I learned that Connie—my former neighbor and fellow Bible study member—and her twin sister died within a single day of each...
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