Saginaw Series, Holiday Series, and Much More: November 2018

Aubrey and Todd's Wedding in the eBook I am working on - Enough Kindness to Fill an Empty Heart

Aubrey and Todd meet and fall in love in the book, "New Beginnings" and their wedding follows in the book, "Enough Kindness to Fill an Empty Heart." (The book will be available in 2019.) Even though these eBooks are not part of a series, I wanted Aubrey and Todd to be a minor part of my new book. Aubrey is one of my favorite characters. She is strong, loving, and faithful. She is a combination of many of my friends' best traits. I've had fun finding fashions, flowers and candlelight for the wedding on Pinterest. Links to these are found in my Board on Pinterest, Book Inspiration - Enough Kindness to Fill an Empty Heart. Click on this board to go to Pinterest.

Aubrey's dress

Annie's dress

Annie's flowers

Aubrey's flowers

Candlelit Aisle at the church

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.