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When was the last time you kicked off your shoes, twirled in a circle, threw your head back, and laughed yourself silly? Do you feel as if you need a “get out of jail free” card for your fun-impaired, spiritually constipated, fear-laden self? Do you wonder how you became so bound up in deadlines, fear, and fretting when you’d rather be jazzed, energized, and refueled by curiosity and awe? Does it seem that even a hermit crab has a cheerier life than you? But like the hermit crab, you climb from one dark shell right into the next? Charlene Baumbich has news for you. God is wooing you to live life to the fullest. Don’t Miss Your Life! shows you how to slow down, wake up, let go, hold on, and LIVE! Enjoy real-life stories that will fire your imagination, soothe your jangled mood, remind you of your identity, and renew your hope. Discover how to create your own Memory Portfolio (and no, this is not about scrapbooking) as you explore your own special moments, recognize God’s hand at work in your life, and emerge with more freedom, grace, and laughter than you can imagine. ...
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Along comes a book by a storyteller who holds the power, in true stories well told, to offer a motivating and healing balm for those thirsting and eager for somebody to remind them to "say YES to life, slow down, wake up, let go, hold on and LIVE!" As readers listen to Baumbich's stories, laugh and cry, and then revisit their own stories, they will discover the sovereign hand of God not only loving them in the midst of adversity but wooing them to live life to the full. Readers should fasten their seatbelts for this warm, fun, provocative, heartwarming ride. "We are so busy running our lives that we are often not enjoying them, giving thanks for them, or realizing our joy and potential," Charlene says. "But if you learn the lively and releasing art of listening to and mining your own stories, you'll learn that your life is, indeed, better than you think!...
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The last thing that Cassandra Higgins expects out of her Sunday is to be mesmerized at a collectors convention by a snowglobe. She s enjoying some mommy time, with husband Ken at home tending their brood of four young boys, when she s utterly charmed by the one-of-a kind globe containing figures of three dogs and a little girl with hair the color of her own. She can t resist taking the unique globe home even if means wrestling another shopper for it!
The beautiful snowglobe sparks long-dormant memories for Cassie, of her beloved Grandpa Wonky, the stray she rescued as a child, and the painful roots of her combative relationship with her mother, Bad Betty Kamrowski. Life in Wanonishaw, Minnesota is never dull, though, and Cassie keeps the recollections at bay, busy balancing her boys, her home daycare operation, and being a good friend to best pal Margret. But after a strange flurrious, as Cassie deems it moment happens with the remarkable snowglobe, Cassie and the people she loves are swirled into a tumultuous, yet grace-filled, and life-changing journey.
With the quirky, close-knit Midwestern small-town feel that made Charlene Ann Baumbich s acclaimed Dearest Dorothy novels so popular, Stray Affections invites you to experience the laughter and the healing of second chances....
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