Sounds good so far. -- I would rather live my life as if there is a God, and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't, and die to find out there is IN GOD WE TRUST Karen Carter '74 -KC- Ministries -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Lyn Cooper <[log in to unmask]> > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C624C9.A968EC50 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > As promised, I will send you a small portion of my novel. I believe I = > have already sent you the book jacket information. I will copy and past = > so as not to attach everything all at once. > > Bong.....bong......bong...... oh no. Janet had let time slip by. = > Margaret would be waking from her nap soon. "Did I nap too?" she asked = > aloud as if anyone were there to hear her. Well, Irene heard her. She = > never answered her in human words though. She reached down from her = > recliner rocker to find the furry Labrador Retriever curled up beside = > her in the doughnut shape she always slept in. > "Oh well," sighed Janet. "I guess we all napped this afternoon. Better = > get Margret up. She'll be a cranky baby in Bible Study if I let her = > sleep."or > > Janet removed her headphones. She had been reading this afternoon. The = > Bible Study lesson she knew would be good. She was studying a book they = > were reading for tonight. Mark, her pastor husband was teaching a = > series on depression. Janet knew a little about depression. She had = > dealt with it a little especially before Mark came along. He had made = > things so special for Janet. She had met Mark just after finding that = > she had gotten pregnant with Margret. Her former husband had left for = > work one morning and 3 hours later she had received a knock on the door. = > It had been Chief Clark. She knew him from church. He had informed = > her that Jerry had been in an accident going to work that morning. A = > week later she found out about Margret. Oh what could she do? It had = > been a long day. She had called her friend Nicole to ask her to come = > with her in the police car to fill out papers because Nicole was sighted = > and could be trusted not to tell everyone just yet. Janet had gone very = > sure of what she had to do. SHE HAD BEEN NUMB FOR A LONG TIME AFTER THAT = > DAY ALMOST 3 YEARS AGO NOW. MARGRET WOULD BE 3 IN A few months. The = > time had flown by', but there had not been a day that had gone by that = > she did not miss Jerry. > Mark had come to pastor their church soon after Jerry's death. Jerry = > had made a fine pastor, but Janet had not expected to meet Mark 2 months = > later and have God give her such a peace about him. > They had waited and married a year later and Janet had no regrets. Mark = > was a fine husband. Each day he brought something for his 3 girls and = > Margret loved him as if he were Jerry. > > She rose and stepped gingerly around Irene who was no longer sleeping = > but sitting in waiting for some command from her blind mistress. > > "It's all right girl. Just getting the little one up now". > > She began moving to the door of Margret's nursery when she heard the = > familiar cry. > > "Coming," said Janet. "You're all right". > > As usual, her pride and joy was standing up in the bed. She had just = > gotten her new baby/big girl bed and standing in it was her favorite = > past time. Well, why not? She had stood in her crib since she could = > stand. > > "are you awake now and want to eat?" asked Janet to the child. > > "Lunch," was the response. > Of course lunch was long over for her, but at 3 how did she know? > > "okay, lunch". > > Though Margret could walk, Janet carried her anyway to her highchair and = > buckled her in there. She used the chair still because when Mark wasn't = > home it was easier to keep track of crumbs and things. > > "want cookies," demanded Margret. > > "please may I have cookies?" corrected Janet. > > "May I Pease cookies?" asked Margret. > > "Yes, I think you can." > > Janet gave 2 cookies and a sipper cupful of milk to Margret and began = > dinner preparations. > > **** > "Hey, there," called Mark's familiar voice. > > Margret had heard the car and then the garage door. > She had been playing in her play pin as Janet finished the salad that = > would accompany the chicken, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables and = > muffins for dinner. > Margret now began to bang the toy she had been holding and said, "Daddy, = > out." =20 > > Of course she knew Mark would get her out, he always did. > Irene ran to him and sniffed at his briefcase. > "Irene, you're as bad as a three-year-old." =20 > > The female Golden Retriever wagged her tail and shook vigorously. > > "Hey there yourself.," Janet said as she turned in her husband's = > direction. "How was your Wednesday?" > "Oh, I did all right. Lucy Carmons came in for counseling again. I = > just don't know why George doesn't come with her. They've been married = > so long, and now, this." > > Janet couldn't see the expression on Mark's face, but she had learned in = > the three years they had been married that he might have looked = > distraught. > > "Thirty years," sighed Janet. "Imagine how it must feel for her to have = > found out about George's new lifestyle. I thought he was a fine deacon, = > but now''''" > > Janet cut off thinking about Lucy and George. She had known them a long = > time. She remembered Jerry had counseled them a little, George had = > begun to treat Lucy with anything but kindness and respect. Lucy was = > Janet's friend, almost as good as Nicole Simmons. > > "Well," said Mark. I've got to get back early." > > "You're dinner's ready anytime." > > Mark came to Janet and kissed her lovingly. "You're a wonderful wife," = > he said. I couldn't imagine how I became so blessed to have found you." > > "You didn't find me," smiled Janet. "God had that all arranged when you = > came to Redeeming Souls church. > > "Do you want me to go with you early or should Nicole pick us up?" > > "It's up to you, but you know I don't mind if you come now." > > "I have Margret all ready. I got her things ready this afternoon = > between our naps." > > "Janet." > > "Yes." > > "I have noticed you being tired more and more. What's up?" > > > If you all want more, just let me know. > For unto us a child is born. Unto us a son is given. > > ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C624C9.A968EC50 > Content-Type: text/html; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > <HTML><HEAD> > <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = > charset=3Diso-8859-1"> > <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=3DGENERATOR> > <STYLE></STYLE> > </HEAD> > <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>As promised, I will send you a small = > portion of my=20 > novel. I believe I have already sent you the book jacket=20 > information. I will copy and past so as not to attach everything = > all at=20 > once.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Bong.....bong......bong...... oh = > no. =20 > Janet had let time slip by. Margaret would be waking from = > her nap=20 > soon. "Did I nap too?" she asked aloud as if anyone were there to hear=20 > her. Well, Irene heard her. She never answered her in human = > words=20 > though. She reached down from her recliner rocker to find the = > furry =20 > Labrador Retriever curled up beside her in the doughnut shape she always = > slept=20 > in.<BR>"Oh well," sighed Janet. "I guess we all napped this = > afternoon.=20 > Better get Margret up. She'll be a cranky baby in Bible Study if I = > let her=20 > sleep."or</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Janet removed her headphones. She = > had been=20 > reading this afternoon. The Bible Study lesson she knew would be = > good. She=20 > was studying a book they were reading for tonight. Mark, her = > pastor=20 > husband was teaching a series on depression. Janet knew a = > little =20 > about depression. She had dealt with it a little especially = > before=20 > Mark came along. He had made things so special for Janet. = > She had=20 > met Mark just after finding that she had gotten pregnant with = > Margret. Her=20 > former husband had left for work one morning and 3 hours later she had = > received=20 > a knock on the door. It had been Chief Clark. She knew him = > from=20 > church. He had informed her that Jerry had been in an accident = > going to=20 > work that morning. A week later she found out about = > Margret. =20 > Oh what could she do? It had been a long day. She had called = > her=20 > friend Nicole to ask her to come with her in the police car to fill out = > papers=20 > because Nicole was sighted and could be trusted not to tell everyone = > just=20 > yet. Janet had gone very sure of what she had to do. SHE HAD BEEN = > NUMB FOR=20 > A LONG TIME AFTER THAT DAY ALMOST 3 YEARS AGO NOW. MARGRET WOULD = > BE 3 IN A=20 > few months. The time had flown by', but there had not been a day = > that had=20 > gone by that she did not miss Jerry.<BR>Mark had come to pastor their = > church=20 > soon after Jerry's death. Jerry had made a fine pastor, but Janet = > had not=20 > expected to meet Mark 2 months later and have God give her such a peace = > about=20 > him.<BR>They had waited and married a year later and Janet had no = > regrets. =20 > Mark was a fine husband. Each day he brought something for his 3 = > girls and=20 > Margret loved him as if he were Jerry.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>She rose and stepped gingerly around = > Irene who was=20 > no longer sleeping but sitting in waiting for some command from her = > blind=20 > mistress.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"It's all right girl. Just = > getting the little=20 > one up now".</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>She began moving to the door of = > Margret's nursery=20 > when she heard the familiar cry.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"Coming," said Janet. "You're all = > > right".</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>As usual, her pride and joy was = > standing up in the=20 > bed. She had just gotten her new baby/big girl bed and standing in = > it was=20 > her favorite past time. Well, why not? She had stood in her = > crib=20 > since she could stand.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"are you awake now and want to eat?" = > asked Janet to=20 > the child.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"Lunch," was the response.<BR>Of course = > lunch was=20 > long over for her, but at 3 how did she know?</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"okay, lunch".</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Though Margret could walk, Janet = > carried her anyway=20 > to her highchair and buckled her in there. She used the chair = > still=20 > because when Mark wasn't home it was easier to keep track of crumbs and=20 > things.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"want cookies," demanded = > Margret.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"please may I have cookies?" corrected=20 > Janet.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"May I Pease cookies?" asked = > Margret.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"Yes, I think you can."</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Janet gave 2 cookies and a sipper = > cupful of milk to=20 > Margret and began dinner preparations.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> = > ****<BR>"Hey,=20 > there," called Mark's familiar voice.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Margret had heard the car and then the = > garage=20 > door.<BR>She had been playing in her play pin as Janet finished the = > salad that=20 > would accompany the chicken, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables and = > muffins=20 > for dinner.<BR>Margret now began to bang the toy she had been holding = > and said,=20 > "Daddy, out." </FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Of course she knew Mark would get her = > out, he=20 > always did.<BR>Irene ran to him and sniffed at his briefcase.<BR>"Irene, = > you're=20 > as bad as a three-year-old." </FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The female Golden Retriever = > wagged her tail=20 > and shook vigorously.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"Hey there yourself.," Janet said as = > she turned in=20 > her husband's direction. "How was your Wednesday?"<BR>"Oh, I did all=20 > right. Lucy Carmons came in for counseling again. I just = > don't know=20 > why George doesn't come with her. They've been married so long, = > and now,=20 > this."</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Janet couldn't see the expression on = > Mark's face,=20 > but she had learned in the three years they had been married that he = > might have=20 > looked distraught.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"Thirty years," sighed Janet. "Imagine = > how it must=20 > feel for her to have found out about George's new lifestyle. I = > thought he=20 > was a fine deacon, but now''''"</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Janet cut off thinking about Lucy and = > George. =20 > She had known them a long time. She remembered Jerry had counseled = > them a=20 > little, George had begun to treat Lucy with anything but kindness and=20 > respect. Lucy was Janet's friend, almost as good as Nicole=20 > Simmons.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"Well," said Mark. I've got to = > get back=20 > early."</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"You're dinner's ready = > anytime."</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mark came to Janet and kissed her = > lovingly. =20 > "You're a wonderful wife," he said. I couldn't imagine how I = > became so=20 > blessed to have found you."</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"You didn't find me," smiled = > Janet. "God had=20 > that all arranged when you came to Redeeming Souls church.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"Do you want me to go with you early or = > should=20 > Nicole pick us up?"</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"It's up to you, but you know I don't = > mind if you=20 > come now."</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"I have Margret all ready. I got = > her things=20 > ready this afternoon between our naps."</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"Janet."</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"Yes."</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"I have noticed you being tired more = > and=20 > more. What's up?"<BR></FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If you all want more, just let me=20 > know.</DIV></FONT> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>For unto us a child is born. Unto = > us a son is=20 > given.<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> > > ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C624C9.A968EC50--