LIFE CHOICES

Our lives are about choices. I am a decisive person, someone who prefers to make quick choices and if necessary, change them. My husband prefers to mull over things and do research and then decide. Neither is right, nor wrong.
But we've learned this week that our choices have wide consequences, so we need to think carefully on them. That doesn't mean taking far too much time to make the choice, nor does it mean jump in right away to anything.
What it does mean is to consider others before yourself. Ask yourself if your choice will lift someone up. Will it honour them? Bring them closer to God?  Will it give them strength to make it through their day? Your smile, your kind word, your touch on their arm if you are so inclined, can do far more than you realize.
Make the right choice today.

Happy Thanksgiving, Canadian Style!

(And no, that doesn't mean Canadian bacon and poutine, though such a suggestion would be lovely!)

Nope, this Happy Thanksgiving means a group of Canadian romance authors in Atlantic Canada have worked hard and sweated buckets (well, maybe not that part) to offer you a chance to grab some holiday reading wayyyyy before the holidays  down south.

Click here for the sale

The colours are lovely here this week, the weather is wonderful, especially if you appreciate crisp mornings with the hint of warmth later, the scent of crushed maple leaves underfoot and the call of Canada geese above you. This is Atlantic Canada and we're proud to showcase our best to you!
With authors like Julianne MacLean, Deborah Hale, Linda Hall, Bev Petterson, Renee Field, and many more, you're sure to find a book that you simply must read this fall!

PAAARRRTTTTYYYY! FREE BOOKS!

Everyone!  Good morning! I'm banging down the door of the Romance Super Bundle's launch party! I've brought coffee, fruit and yogurt to kick start the morning.

The day is going to be a blast!  Drop by for your chance to win prizes and cool stuff! And with a great bundle like this, it's like buying one full length novel for only 99 cents and getting 9 FREE!

Come on over. The door's unlocked now. (I have a key) and we're going to wake everyone up!
Romance Super Bundle Launch Party

Wonderful, Money-saving News for all!!

Romance Super Bundle only 99 cents!

My husband always likes me to save money, and I thought I would pass along the savings to  you. At ten cents a book, we have your fall reading all wrapped up in one neat and easy to grab bundle! With must-read writers like Amy Gamet Dale Mayer Lois Winston Pamela Fryer Edie Ramer, Kate Kelly and Donna Marie Rogers we've got a terrific bundle going on! 
And later this week, I hope to give you the other formats, (still the same great price) so no one misses out! Enjoy!

Romance Super Bundle (Contemporary, Romantic Suspense & Historical)

Are you worrying?

Okay, all of us have worried at some point in our lives. And even if you don't believe the Bible, this verse, found in Matthew 6:27, rings true for all of us.

"And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?"

But we continue to mull an event, a concern or decision over in our minds. Yes, it's easy enough to tell someone not to worry, and it's easy enough to tell yourself not to worry, but it is a totally different thing to NOT worry.
Let me submit to you something here to help if you're worrying about something and struggling over it.
First up, I understand. I worry and fret and even if I have decided something and I feel better for it, I still mull it over and over. (You should see me just making flight arrangements) Yes, I am totally sympathetic to your plight. I offer you now a big cyber hug. 

HUG!!!

Now, we're going to work on not worrying. And we're going to fail and fall a few times, but we will get up again. We're going to be like those mii characters in the Wii Fit running program, that while running, fall down. But they get up again.
It's tough to stop worrying, and as a Christian, I need to physically extend my arms in front of me and give away my worry. 
Then, about an hour later, I have to do it again. And I have to tell God to pry that $#^@ worry from my clutches because I have picked it up again.
I am learning some skills at not worrying. I am no therapist. I am no counselor with oodles of coping skills and exercises at my disposal. But I am something with experience at worrying and someone who offers understanding.
Keep busy. Smile to yourself. Remind yourself that you have given over the worry to someone else. If you aren't a Christian, you don't have to say you've given it to God. Let me tell you, this isn't about your faith. This is about letting go of a negative issue. Yes, you can ask God to take the worry, but we all know you'll pick it up again. 
Allow me to give you permission to do that. Someone out there may say that's not Biblical, but it's honest, and honesty about yourself is important. Why am I saying you can pick up that worry again? Because I don't want you to feel like a failure when you do. You're not a failure for doing this. Like me, you'll stumble and fall, but like that mii character in the Wii Fit running session, you will get up again. 
Just remember to get up again. And if God has left that worry lying in front of you, 'pick' it up and hand it back to Him. Physically. 
When I do the Wii Fit  exercises, I do terribly. It's going to take practice. But I will get better. And you will also get better at not worrying. 
Here is a big cyber nod to you and your stress for the day. You're not alone, but you can conquer your situation. Just as I will.
Now, if you will excuse me, I have to pick up something that Someone has left at my feet and hand it back over to Him.