Saginaw Series, Holiday Series, and Much More: July 2015

Exciting News
The Newest Book
by
Mary Ellen Shea Clifford

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Elise Remembers The Wedding Song

When Elise and Everett were married a song from the trio

Peter, Paul and Mary
The Wedding Song

was included in their wedding ceremony. It was inspired by a verse in Genesis 2:24.

The words from the song she remembered were,

A man shall leave his mother and a woman leave her home.

They shall travel on to where the two shall be as one.

Mrs. Emerson realizes at the Thanksgiving meal that she is filled to the brim

with love from her husband and children.

Independence Day

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Bean Bunny

A very talented Saginaw photographer, Howard M. Sharper, took this picture of the Bean Bunny.

Instant Inspiration

Look for my beloved Bean Bunny to show up in my next book.

Thank you for letting me share this picture.

Howard M. Sharper is on Facebook - Click here

Inspiration from East Side Soup Kitchen

Webber House

Obituary Inspiration

My eyes were pulled toward this obituary in the Saginaw News. When I read the description of Rosalie I knew immediately I wanted her in "A Light Shines Forth" - after talking with her daughter and emailing her granddaughter - I was so inspired. Thank you new friends. THIS IS FROM THE OBITUARY: From homesteading the farm to owning a local eatery, she raised her children by example of frugality and superior work ethic. She could stretch a penny into the next month and could feed an army on a squirrel. (And yes, thered be seconds.) Rose was a master gardener (often times with strangers stopping to admire) and was known to sleep on a cot along the row of dill to figure out how the deer got in. A canning magician, each year would produce a family squabble over who would get the last quart of dilly beans or tomato jam. An avid outdoors and fisherwoman, she raised and sold bait, smoked and sold fish, and was known to wrestle snapping turtles (for soup, of course) into her trunk on her way to pick blueberries. She was an excellent bowler, loved liver pate and cheap whiskey, produced miles of beautifully knitted and crocheted anything (no, really...anything) and was the dog whisperer of the family. For years she refused to use a microwave and she never used credit, boasting that the only plastic she owned was her laminated AARP card. She conducted her five foot self with grace and dignity but even at 85, she could swear like a sailor and wasn't afraid to take your money at the card table (or an IOU if you didnt have it). Affectionately known as Nonnie, she will be eternally missed by the grandchildren and great-grandchildren who claim that she first hung the moon and then scattered the stars.