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Lindsay is 40 and single when tragedy strikes. Diagnosed with stage 4, Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma cancer, her instinct is to right the wrongs in her life. Her unfortunate childhood with an alcoholic, verbally abusive mother drove her to break free in desperation at the age of 17. While working at a hotel along the beach on the East Coast, she met Harris Manning. He took her breath away, and she gave herself to him in love. Though Harris never knew it, Lindsay found herself pregnant when he left her with no way to care for identical triplets on her own. When the triplets were five months old, she couldn’t afford to raise them alone as a teenager. An Amish couple adopted two daughters. Lindsay couldn’t bear to give all three away, so she kept Phoebe. Lindsay worries that if she dies from cancer, Phoebe will be alone. She wants to break the closed adoption agreement with the adoptive couple so that Phoebe will learn about her sisters, and she will be able to connect with her adopted daughters. How will the triplets feel once they learn the truth about their birth? What will be Harris’s reaction when he knows he’s a father to adult triplets? ADDED NOTE: When I started writing this book, I did not know I had cancer. It was a shock when I learned that I had Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and it was the same type of cancer as my character, Lindsay, had. What I wrote is from my personal challenges in getting well from cancer.   We enjoyed going to St. Veronica School on Friday morning for Grandparents Day! Tom and I had a great time going to the classrooms, talking to their teachers, and spending time with our sweet grandchildren. They did such a great job guiding us to all the activities that we never had to stand in line. It was perfect timing! It was nice they had this day so our two eighth graders could participate before they start high school. From the prayer service to the family bingo, it was a blessed day! It was awesome spending time with Grandma Beverly too.
When Tom got my prescriptions for ear infections on Wednesday, he bought flowers and candy. Unfortunately, I am still sick. I am going to call ENT doctor tomorrow. With a second antibiotic, I should not still be sick and having sharp spasms of pain in my head.  I finished my book, Maggie May's Song, for the Amish Birthday Series. I had a Feb. 1st deadline and tried to get it finished before going to Florida but didn't. On Monday morning, Feb. 2nd, I work up at 3 am at Emily's new rental and finished it. At same time, Emily was finishing a project for her Mayo Clinic job before she would start new job. I emailed to my editor.  
On Sunday, February 1st, my daughter Emily and I flew out of Cincinnati to go to Florida where she is going to live and start a new job. For 2 weeks, I couldn't shake a cold and even thought about canceling my trip to Florida. I love the beach and was excited to spend time with Emily before she moved and started her new job in Florida. I hadn't been to the beach since 2022. We flew on Frontier airlines and the pressure in the plane caused me to get ear infections. I think it was likely the cold caused it. If I hadn't had a cold, I would have been fine. The pain was so bad that Emily took me to Urgent Care on Tuesday. We went to pharmacy to get the antibiotic. The pain was so bad I screamed with pain. I can tolerate a lot of pain but this was unbearable. Wednesday, we went to ER at a hospital near the beach. We went to ER again on Thursday and the pain medicine helped to lessen the pain. They wouldn't change the antibiotic. We went to ENT 40 minutes away on Friday and she said the same thing previous ER doctor said to keep taking same antibiotic and not to fly on Wed., the 11th if not completely better. I could end up with a ruptured eardrum.
Bless Emily's heart for taking me to medical places so I could get better. She canceled our flight home and drove a rental car to Ohio. I went to my doctor's office yesterday and NP said my ear infection was still severe on left side and prescribed stronger antibiotic. I did finish my Amish Birthday Romance book and submitted it to the formatter. I woke up at 3 am in Florida and finished writing it. I'll share more about Book 2 in this series soon! Because I write Amish fiction, it’s nice that an Amish man built my new bathroom vanities. He lives in Hillsboro, OH. The Amish celebrate a "Second Christmas" on December 26th, following the main Christmas Day, to gather with in-laws and friends. The Amish have large families so need two days to spend with family. He was delayed getting the vanity finished for master bathroom because of Christmas and the fact I wanted it painted. My contractor finished the hall bathroom last Friday and that was great. Sara and Amanda didn’t need to use our master any longer. He wanted us to have one working bathroom, and he started on the master bathroom first. I went with only wood in the hall bath. I’m pleased with the contractor’s remodeling of the showers too. I have Amish characters building furniture in my Dreams of Plain Daughters Series.
We celebrated Amanda's 36th birthday on January 8th at Olive Garden Restaurant. We had fun with the ones able to attend. Amanda was disappointed that everyone couldn't make it on her birthday. We had another family celebration on Sunday, the 11th, for our grandson Dillon's 14th birthday. It was a nice birthday party too!
We had our children and grandchildren here on Christmas Eve. We also had my sister-in-law, Anne, here. I made lasagna and we had appetizers before serving the main meal. Amanda served at 5:30 Mass so we waited to eat at 6:30. I went to church at 3:30 so I'd be home for our guests who also went to church earlier. I'm sharing photos of our wonderful grandchildren, Camellia, Lila, Irelynn, Elena, Dillon, and Dean! Christmas Day we had ham, cheesy potatoes and roasted broccoli. Tom and Christina enjoyed doing a puzzle she gave us. She used family photos for the puzzle. We watched Christmas movies in the afternoon. I didn't get photos of our daughters on Christmas.
  I had a birthday yesterday. I have to admit that I did dread it. I doubt anyone looks forward to turning 76 years old. I enjoyed it because my daughters celebrated with me. My husband Tom, took me out to brunch. He said my birthday present is our remodeling project. I want to have new vanities, a bigger shower in the master bathroom (it is very small now), and take the bathtub out of the hall bathroom and replace it with a new shower. We paid half of the cost to the contractor. I'm not sure when he will actually get started. I'm guessing after the holidays. He's finishing up a project for someone right now!
Emily got delicious food from Chick-fil-A, had a birthday cake that was so yummy, and we watched a movie together last night. The beautiful flowers are from April and Christina. I received gift cards for Kohl's and Bob Evans from April. I'm going out to brunch next week with Christina! Amanda got me a necklace. It was nice to hear from good friends, too! We attended a Halloween party a week ago. My daughter and son-in-law know how to give an awesome party with delicious food, great company, a contest, and a hayride! I wish I had photos of grandchildren dressed in costumes for Halloween. Amanda took ballet at her camp and loved it, so she wanted to be a ballerina. I have been told that I must have Native American ancestors which influenced my costume.   |
AuthorI write Amish fiction, Christian fiction, Historical Christian fiction, Contemporary Romances, and Chick-Lit Mystery. I am a wife, mother, and grandmother. I have 6 wonderful children and 6 adorable grandchildren. I give thanks to God for being a cancer survivor! Archives
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