Bookish (and not so Bookish) Thoughts - August 15

Bookish (and not so Bookish) Thoughts is hosted by Bookishly Boisterous. This is a chance for book bloggers to dabble in areas besides books (but those are welcome too). Share your plans for the weekend, a rant on people not using their turn signals in parking lots, or your love of Sunday morning mimosas.

Please join me in saying a prayer for one of the Lil' Princess' friends. She was born with a condition called NF2. She has developed benign tumors throughout her body requiring dozens of surgeries. She is scheduled for another major surgery today. May God's hands guide the doctors as they operate on this sweet girl.

God has certainly blessed us with plenty of vegetables from the garden this year. The carrots didn't make it, but everything else is coming along nicely and the potatoes should be ready by the end of the month.

Hope you have a wonderful day.

Broken Hearts

While on vacation, we received news that a member of our church family suffered a stroke. Dianne, a wife and mother of three children, was called home to her Creator yesterday. Our hearts are broken over the sudden loss of our dear friend. I hope you'll join us in praying for her family as they cope with this unexpected loss.

You've Got Mail Mondays

I know it's You've Got Mail Monday, but I'm not sure what the postman brought because I'm not home today. I'm hoping Traveling for Love by Becky Due, which I am supposed to review at The Book Connection later this month.

I'm sure there will be a host of catalogs and junk mail to plow through, too.

Can't wait to see how the garden has fared while we're in North Carolina. I haven't asked the house sitters how things are going during the heat wave. I hate bad news, so if the garden is suffering, I would rather wait to find out. I transplanted the Lil' Princess' cabbage in the garden before we left. It had been growing in a container, but grew too large for it. Hopefully it's done well in its new home.

Finally, we received news that one of our friends suffered a stroke over the weekend. She is currently in stable, but we're not sure of how much damage there has been or what her road to recovery looks like. We would appreciate prayers on Dianne's behalf. She is a wife and mother of three children, so her family will need a great deal of strength as she recovers.

Hope you have a great week.