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Ok, this is no longer upbeat. The book has hit another snag. The mother of one of the boys who died with Aaron in the car accident wants us to change something in the book and since their names are mentioned, I feel compelled to do so. But I'm not happy about it. I want it done, in the can, gone. out the door to the publisher. Maybe this belongs on the prayer request thread, now but please pray for us that we get this book finished to the Lord's satisfaction and out the door!
Kaykay, I am so glad you are getting this book off to the publisher, I know how much it means to you.
I just think this is such a wonderful tribute to your son. Blessings heading your way.
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Kaykay I would love to buy one of your books when you get it published. I wish my Mother could do something like you have to manage her grief over my baby sister. She has been gone 18 years and My Mother still is having a hard time dealing with it. Let me know about the book.
Ok, this is no longer upbeat. The book has hit another snag. The mother of one of the boys who died with Aaron in the car accident wants us to change something in the book and since their names are mentioned, I feel compelled to do so. But I'm not happy about it. I want it done, in the can, gone. out the door to the publisher. Maybe this belongs on the prayer request thread, now but please pray for us that we get this book finished to the Lord's satisfaction and out the door!
Consider the prayer DONE!
I am also sorry to hear about this Kaykay. Why on earth did she wait until now? Poor thing, don't worry, things will work out for you!
Ok, we're upbeat again! Thanks you guys for your prayers! We have made the changes and my husband put the book in the mail to the publisher today!
And thefar, my condolences on your baby sister. Even for a Christian, we have such a protective love for our children, I think you get "better" but I don't think you ever truly "get over" the death of a child...not on this side of Heaven anyway. You just hope that the Lord can somehow use the tragedy redemptively.
We just got back from picking up 12 children from summer camp (that are from our church). Out of those 12, we had two children that were saved, one that reassured his salvation, one that made the decision to let go of her pride, two more that made decisions to improve on their prayer lives.
Altogether, during this one week of camp, they had a total of 14 children that were saved and MANY MANY decisions made...decisions anywhere from baptism, to choice in music and movies, to obedience to parents and more!
First and foremost, I finally figured out what type vehicle I wanted. Many of you may remember some time ago I was trying to decide what to get, and God is so good with His blessings. I was going to settle for something I really didn't like, just for the price when I happened to glance at a local ad from the dealership I bought my last car from, lo and behold, there was an '07 Cadallic GTS for $24,000. Both myself and dh love these cars, and I could not belive what I was seeing, but after calling the salesman assured me it was a legitamate deal with no wreck, so it looks like I will be trading for the caddy at a considerable amount less than what I had originally decided to spend.
Also....
Went to a celebration of life reunion today. It was for my uncle's mom, it was her birthday, but she passed away this past year. It was great to see so many people that I had not seen in a while, and to talk and laugh and remember things from the past.
Also, my cousin sang for the event and he brought the house down. For many years, he has sung country, but since he got saved, he only sings gospel and the emotion he has when he sings will raise the hair on the back of your neck. This was truly his calling and we enjoyed his singing as well as his testimony. God was definately in that building today. What an enjoyable day it was for all of us.
Thanks, Jeff. Yes, we are self-publishing the book. I'm not so naive as to think that a major publisher like Thomas Nelson or somebody is just gonna snap up some unknown author's (unknown outside of CD, of course!) manuscript. I think they get hundreds, maybe thousands submitted a year. But we found a publisher who someone else in my church had used and was very happy with the product. We found they would do it at a very reasonable price...provided it was "print ready" which meant my husband had to do a lot of computer work on it to get margins and everything else to that point. You know "miss computer illiterate" here didn't even know what they were talking about! It is primarily, but not totally directed towards bereaved parents. Unfortunately, I have already had several occasions to give people the book. (in the form we have it-binder bound) I say, unfortunately, because I wish nobody ever needed to read it. I wish I never could've written it for that matter. But...I am happy to be able to hopefully minister to others in a similar situation and it is evangelical so I hope that somewhere sometime, someone will read it and find a relationship with the Lord.
Kaykay...please let us know when it's done! Praying it is done and out the door asap!
Kaykay...please let us know when it's done! Praying it is done and out the door asap!
Thanks, jazzed! We got it done and out the door to publisher Thursday! Happy Sonday, everybody!
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The book has hit another snag. The mother of one of the boys who died with Aaron in the car accident wants us to change something in the book and since their names are mentioned, I feel compelled to do so. But I'm not happy about it. I want it done, in the can, gone. out the door to the publisher. Maybe this belongs on the prayer request thread, now but please pray for us that we get this book finished to the Lord's satisfaction and out the door!
me too
LOL)
Upbeat again
Here's something UPBEAT!
But we found a publisher who someone else in my church had used and was very happy with the product. We found they would do it at a very reasonable price...provided it was "print ready" which meant my husband had to do a lot of computer work on it to get margins and everything else to that point. You know "miss computer illiterate" here didn't even know what they were talking about!
