If you’ve read my A Traveling Grandma’s Guide to Israel: Adventures, Wit, and Wisdom, you know I’ve made nine trips to Israel over forty years totaling 135 days and maintain close friendships there. That’s why Monday’s release of the remaining hostages caused me to wake up for a while at 3 a.m. yesterday to be sure it was going forward. In spite of knowing the returnees will face long periods of recovery and healing, there is also great jubilation! It’s like seeing Hebrews 11:35a come to life where, “Women received their dead raised to life again.” After receiving a standing ovation, I appreciated President Trump giving credit to Almighty God as he addressed Israel’s governing Knesset. My book is half memoir. If you haven’t read it, I hope you will. It’s on Amazon (and elsewhere) in print, Kindle, and Audible.
The days are growing shorter here in the north. Migratory birds are heading south, and so will I. I’m nearly finished rewriting my Amish book, Mercy’s Rose. I enjoy my gentle neighbors so much, I had made my story too sweet and largely conflict-free. Editors correctly say, “No conflict, dull plot,” so I had to add some. After a final edit or two, this book baby can enter the world.
Next, I’ll dive into writing the sequel to my Wilderness Wife book, based on more of Marguerite Wadin MacKay McLoughlin’s true story, one of the most courageous women to cross a continent and forever change U.S. and Canadian History. It means even more that I’ve met and am now friends with her 4th and 5th generation living relatives. Here we are at Fort William in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada in July where some of the book takes place. 
I asked the Lord years ago to never let me be bored in life. He heard that prayer and keeps answering it.
What about you? I also wish you enough (mostly good) surprises to make life interesting. Happy Fall. Can you believe it’s only 72 days until Christmas? Add great books to your gift list for those darker winter months.
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