A couple of years ago, I was making some revisions to my book Kiss Your Mommy Goodbye. It was my last opportunity to make changes to my manuscript before it went to production. I was actually re-writing an entire scene and changing much of the dialogue. I was almost finished typing when my computer screen went blank – not black – blank. I hate when that happens! I stared in disbelief for a few minutes wondering what in the world happened. A message box appeared asking if I wanted to “Save” or “Delete.” I hit Save thinking I would save Read More
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Behind the Scene Story of Pain and Hope
This is the true story of pain and hope behind the Christmas carol, “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.” It was March, 1863, in Cambridge, MA., when unbeknownst to his family, 18-year old Charles Appleton Longfellow, oldest of six children born to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Fannie Appleton, walked out of his house on Brattle Street to join President Lincoln’s Union Army to fight in the Civil War. Less than two years earlier, Charles’ mother died tragically when her dress caught fire. Her husband, Henry, tried desperately to extinguish the flames, but to no avail. She died the following Read More
Searching and Searching! Part II
Continued from June 5 post – Hope began to soar as they scrambled and clawed their way towards the shining object. When they finally reached the other side, they stared at another book that appeared to have light emanating from inside its pages. Merci was the first to pick it up. “Discover God through His Attributes,” she read. Grace stared at the blue cover with white lettering for a long moment. “Can I see it?” Merci handed it to her and moved to look over Grace’s shoulder as she read, “We have seen and testify that the Father has sent Read More