MONDAY MEMORY!

Unable to find one thing can lead to another----a sweet memory!

It might be seen as just a bookmark! For me, it's so much more.

Wildflowers on a Georgia O'Keefe bookmark with a "kind" quote! 

Marie Jordan!

So her! A giver of gifts!

The visits I had at her home on Murfreesboro Rd. in Franklin, TN once included a "sit-down" in her garden. Of course, she was a wildflower expert!

Avid reader would be the term that described her best to me. When I would leave her home I would leave with a book as well as a list of book recs.

She introduced me to The Mitford series and we shared a love of the importance of a public library. She even received a proclamation for her years of service to the Williamson County Public library. (2009) 

 

Marie, a spry widow, (think biking to the public square not far from her home) who blessed my heart immensely!

Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice. (Proverbs 27:9)

THANKFUL THURSDAY CONCLUDES WITH A GREAT BOOK1

When eyes grow weak an avid reader might struggle. But God in His love and mercy has provided all the tech needed for audio books or 

'books on tape" as they were dubbed in the 80s. I know because as I read aloud years ago to a blind friend paralyzed friend, I would leave audio books set up for him on weeks I would be unable to visit & his caregiver would just press start. He dubbed them life savers!

In the past year, I have listened to a few audible books on my Libby app, but none as timely as The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs.Kip by Sara Brunsvoid, a Christy Award - and Carol Award- winning author who creates stories of hope.

It has been a Godsend since my recent short hospital stay 2 weeks ago followed by rest for recuperation to "hear" of a spirited septuagenerian spending her final season of life in a care facility. The audio book is enriched as "narrator" Sara Farrington is excellent!

An enjoyable book of hope, regardless of circumstances. 

A great reminder of the importance of dying to self, again and again in order to serve others well.

How thankful I am for that reminder!!

STAYING PUT!

What does an avid reader do when snowed in?

Rhetorical question, right!

As the bookmark quotes, "Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are."

This dual time-line gem took me from Manhattan, NY & California to Vienna, Austria & Auschwitz in search of art---all in a 24 hour period, no less.  A hidden masterpiece novel as it is dubbed. 

A warm read when it is -8˚with wind chill.

A big thanks to friend, Dixie, for the recommendation.

It made staying put a lot easier!