by Judy Ann Davis
In light of all the terrible hurricanes, fires, and
earthquakes that have plagued the United States and Mexico recently, I’m
focusing my thoughts this Thanksgiving on being grateful for all things, large and
small, we take for granted in our everyday lives.
Every morning I wake up to use electricity that runs my heat
and air conditioning, lights, electronic devices like my computer, radio, and
television, as well as other appliances. I can have a warm or cold shower, breakfast,
or morning drink—and I have a choice. The clothes and shoes I plan to wear are
dry and clean. I have access to my medical supplies and prescriptions, pictures
of my children, my reading materials, and a vast group of simple everyday
things that make my day comfortable, but which others have now lost.
Yes, material goods can be replaced, but life is not simple
without them. I recently skinned my leg leaving an airport, and realized how
important one simple Band-Aid is when a wound won’t stop bleeding. It struck me
how many more of the little things we use without thought to their importance—paper
towels, Kleenex, pencils and paper, hygiene products, lotions, soap, and the
list goes on and on.
If you are able to give—if even a few dollars—please find a
charity or organization that is working closely with the victims of these
horrific disasters. Make it your Thanksgiving gift to those less fortunate. One charity that I like above many others is called UMCOR
(United Methodist Committee on Relief) UMCOR spends 100 percent of designated
donations on the project donors specify. http://www.umcor.org/UMCOR/About-Us
This Thanksgiving, as we sit around our food-laden table and
have a marvelous hot meal with all the trimmings, remember we have people who have
lost everything and who are grateful they have been given canned food and
bottled water to eat and drink. When we
put that in perspective, it makes our Thanksgiving even more precious and meaningful—don’t
you think?
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I'm showcasing my newest release this year, called “Four
White Roses.” I'm happy to announce it was a finalist in the Book
Excellence Awards. The Book Excellence Awards were founded by Literary
Excellence Incorporated. Books that have received a Book Excellence Award have
been recognized for their high quality design, writing and overall market
appeal. It is a cross genre novel that includes mystery, romance, and a
paranormal element.
BLURB:
When widower Rich Redman
returns to Pennsylvania with his young daughter to sell his deceased
grandmother’s house, he discovers Grandmother Gertie’s final request was for
him to find a missing relative and a stash of WWI jewels. Torrie Larson, single mom, is trying to make her landscape center and flower arranging business succeed while attempting to save the lineage of a rare white rose brought from Austria in the 1900s.
Together, the rich Texas lawyer and poor landscape owner team up to rescue the last rose and fulfill a dead woman’s wishes. But in their search to discover answers to the mysteries plaguing them, will Rich and Torrie also discover love in each other’s arms? Or will a meddling ghost, a pompous banker, and an elusive stray cat get in their way?
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Other Judy Ann Davis Titles:
RED FOX WOMAN
UNDER STARRY SKIES
KEY TO lOVE
SWEET kISS
UP ON THE ROOF and OTHER STORIES
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