I received Shauna Niequist’s package of books for my give away, in the mail today….so if you were one of the first five – please email me your address and I will get it out to you on Monday. It is now 4:16 am…yes, really. Some of you may know ~ if you’re a facebook friend…that my 10yr anniversary to my hubby Tim is this weekend and we’re throwing a fabulous party downtown GR tonight…in about 14 hours. I have been running errands, editing, baking (tim and friends included) making crazy decor items, and celebrating birthdays…none the less it’s been a crazy few days. So, before I snuggle into bed here, I decided I deserved just one chapter of my newly arrived book…just one.

Shauna ~ you have a gift. I needed your book. It hit the nail on the head…in just that first chapter, I could hardly finish the last paragraph, seeing through the tears welling up. I was trying to pick out a quote to give you a glimpse of what what was speaking to me…but as I re read it, I can’t narrow it down to a quote, it’s not one line that hit me, it’s the whole chapter….it speaks so much truth. I plan on writing much more as I journey through this book. I will leave you with some bit of quoted inspiration from this first glorious chapter, as it will not be the last.

“Your life, right now, today, is exploding with energy and power and detail and dimension, better than the best movie you have ever seen. You and your family and your friends and your house and your dinner table and your garage have all the makings of a life of epic proportions, a story for the ages. Because they all are. Every life is.”

Thank you Shauna for sharing your gift with us….it will no doubtably change lives.