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Amber S. is the winner of A Passion Denied! Thank you so much Julie for donating your book for the drawing and for all the commenting you did to our blog commenters.
*name drawn by Impartial Ed

It seems I am still the only person allowed to post comments to my blog. I haven’t heard from blogger, I’ve removed what I thought might be the problem and still it doesn’t work.
So if you tried leaving a comment I thank you for the effort.

I’m wondering if anyone knows how to change from blog to wordpress? Is there a way to do it easily? Can I move all of my posts over? If anyone one knows could you send me a link or advice to DLBrandmeyer at gmail.com notice I put in spaces so please remove them before trying to email me.
Thanks!
pencildancer…feeling very lonely

Lillie Allman! Congratulations, your name came out of the box first. 🙂 Lillie, I’ve sent you an email.
Sorry Nancy, you are my ‘favorite’ cousin ‘wink’ try again next time okay?

Thank you all for taking the time to read about Linore and her book. It really is a good book so if you didn’t win please think about buying it. 🙂 And then carry out the idea! 🙂

I’m not talking about the election. 🙂 But we do have a winner in the drawing for Julie’s new book A Passion Redeemed. The winner is
Deborah Piccurelli! Congratulations! Deborah I’ve sent you an email asking for your address so as soon as we have that we can get the book to you.

Julie Lessman thank you so much for playing on my blog this past week as well as offering your book as a give-away!

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Georgiana Daniels hassent me this quiz! Thanks!se a tough challenge for writer’s today. Can you go it? ONE WORD–play along!

Being a writer is often difficult. Some struggle with word count, never able to fill the pages with their desired quota. Other authors type on and on, barely able to rein in at the desired quota. How do you do? Here’s a fun game…. You. Can. Only. Type. One. Word. (not as easy as you might think!) 1. Where is your cell phone? counter 2. Your significant other? sweet 3. Your hair? curly 4. Your mother? amazing 5. Your father? dead 6. Your favorite thing? books 7. Your dream last night? fire 8. Your favorite drink? tea 9. Your dream/goal? retirement 10. The room you’re in? office 11. Your ex? none 12. Your fear? pain 13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? oceanside 14. Where were you last night? resturant 15. What you’re not? thin 16. Muffins? chocolate 17. One of your wish list items? washer 18. Where you grew up? Missouri 19. The last thing you did? shower 20. What are you wearing? jeans 21. Your TV? Men in Trees (messed up! That’s 3 words!) 22. Your pets? cat 23. Your computer? humming 24. Your life? best 25. Your mood? distracted 26. Missing someone? Pebbles 27. Your car? empty 28. Something you’re not wearing? lotion 29. Favorite Store? Archievers 30. Your summer? hot 31. Like someone? Ed 32. Your favorite color? Blue 33. When is the last time you laughed? Jan. 34. Last time you cried? December 35. Your favorite animal? terrier 36. Last thing you ate? oatmeal 37. Dream vacation spot? Michigan Wanna play along? Leave a comment so I can visit =)

How do you deal with overwhelming times in your life? I’m thankful I have God to fall back on and most of the time just knowing He is there will pull me through. Sometimes though I can’t get a sense of Him being with me during those times I load up on music. Right now I need extra time with God so I’ve been hanging on to the words and music of Nicole C. Mullins –Fall, Superchick Beauty from the Pain and Stories Down to the Bottom, David Crowder Band (almost all of his songs!) are a few that pull me up from the bottom of the blues.

A few weeks ago I was really into Michael Schroeder, Send the Storm on his Fuel for the Soul cd. I was singing along with that song begging for God to send the Storm. Well God sent that storm and now I’m falling back into Him more and more each day. I’m sad that my storm included the loss of two dear people I loved but I’m not sad because falling back into God’s waiting arms brings such comfort. But next time I feel I’m moving to far from God I think I’ll ask for a few bumps in the road to send me back instead of a storm.

Cathye Moon

Since the beginning of August our home has been filled with the loss of family. My sweet mother-in-law lost the battle with cancer just as her son, my first husband did. The same weekend my father-in-law, my husband’s father.
Both were in their eighties and vibrant personalities. Claire volunteered in so many places, at the local nursing home, the hospital as a pastoral counselor, and other places.
Despite being severely debilitated from an elevator accident only meant Oscar would try harder at living his life. He was still making breakfast for the local firemen, active with the senior center and a fantastic story teller.
There is much to say about these two people I loved but the pain is still to much. I just wanted to honor their life and the blessing they brought to my family.

A good friend sent me a copy of the photo she snapped. She calls it Under His Sheltering Wing. She reminded me that I and those I love are indeed under God’s wing. Thank you Cathye it made me feel much better.

Since the beginning of August our home has been filled with the loss of family. My sweet mother-in-law lost the battle with cancer just as her son, my first husband did. The same weekend my father-in-law, my husband’s father.
Both were in their eighties and vibrant personalities. Claire volunteered in so many places, at the local nursing home, the hospital as a pastoral counselor, and other places.
Despite being severely debilitated from an elevator accident only meant Oscar would try harder at living his life. He was still making breakfast for the local firemen, active with the senior center and a fantastic story teller.
There is much to say about these two people I loved but the pain is still to much. I just wanted to honor their life and the blessing they brought to my family.

A good friend sent me a copy of the photo she snapped. She calls it Under His Sheltering Wing. Thank you Cathye Moon it made me feel much better.

YES! I did it! I passed the test last week. I’m glad it is over and even more thankful that I won’t have to do it again.
I started working for American Family Insurance the Doyne McGinthy agency and yes I can sing the song. 🙂 I worked here several years ago but so much has changed in the software so I’m relearning new ways to do old things.

So what is God teaching me these days? Patience and the skill of not talking but listening and (did you think He’d only teach ME one?_ and that it’s okay to ask questions I don’t have to fake my knowledge.