writing in the margins of life
This is just the beginning, Elizabeth. We have today as a memory, but we have all of the tomorrows as exciting possibilities. -When Comes the Spring About the book... This is the second book in the Canadian West Saga. Her life as a single teacher in the Wild West is over. She's fallen in love, [...]
My Dear Lucy, I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound, you will be older still. But some day you will be [...]
"He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me." -Joni Eareckson Tada About the book... Joni Eareckson Tada. An ordinary teenage girl, who had one accident, that changed the course of her entire life. What would you do if one day, you woke up unable to use any of your limbs? Would you [...]
But everything that happens, we are told, fits into a pattern for good to those who love God. We see events as "God's bright messengers." He is always at work, calmly engineering His eternal purposes in us, through us, and in spite of us. -Elisabeth Elliot Through Gates of Splendor About the book... This is the [...]
Birds sang their last songs of the day before tucking in for the night, and still the darkness hung back. Now, I thought, I understand the word "twilight." It was created for just this time - in this land.” ― Janette Oke When Calls the Heart About the book... Elizabeth Thatcher was raised in the [...]
There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind. -C. S. Lewis Hey there friends! HAPPY FALL Y'ALL!! I cannot wait to put my boots on, find a pumpkin spice latte, and pretend I'm trendy! A few changes... You may have noticed some changes to the site! If you didn't, maybe this [...]
"Whoosh. I can't tell if that sound is coming from around me, but soon there are more sounds. Water, brown water, is swirling all around me and there's an undertow to it." -The Mona Lisa Mirror Mystery About the Book... Addy is a young girl living in New Mexico. When she begins to have weird [...]
Whoop, whoop! Many Sparrows by: Lori Benton turns one today! We spent last week, and this week celebrating! Click here to read my review on the book, and here to read the interview with Lori. To further celebrate, she has graciously teamed up with me to do a fun giveaway! She will be giving away TWO signed [...]
"What is there?" she asked. "The way forward. It'll be shown to us." -Many Sparrows About the Book... Clare is following her husband along the trail to the Ohio territory, with their young son and soon to be born child, when her nightmare becomes reality. All in one night, her husband is killed, her son [...]
"The only way of being delivered from temptation is to be brave, and do what is right, come what may." -Norman MacLeod The Golden Thread About the Book... Young Philip lives in the kingdom of Hemlock, where his father is the King. The kingdom is happy and safe, and full of joy and love. However, [...]
Madelyn Istrate 