My New Pink Hat--What A Nice Surprise!

Look at my new hat that came in the mail for me from Lucky Lady. She is a two-time Cancer survivor who I recently sponsored in the walk for life relay. I have a very tiny head and the adjustable strap is practically all the way over to the smallest setting.  I've received a few compliments on it and wear it proudly.

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Our Favorite Reads For May: "The Last Child" & "The Last Stand"

Karen's Favorite: The Last Child by John Hart
The Last Child by John Hart had my attention all the way through.  It's a novel about Johnny, a very brave 13-yr-old boy who conducts his own private investigation when his twin sister turns up missing.  With his help, Detective Hunt eventually finds her and figures out what happened as well as solving the disappearance of another missing girl.  I liked this book because the ending caught me by surprise and I was right there trying to figure out what happened along with the detective.  I felt bad for Johnny and was pulling for him and his mom throughout the book.  His faith in God was shattered, but restored in the end.  This book deals with abuse, law enforcement issues, friendship and dealing with grief. 

Gerard also read this one and liked it. Here's what he thought of it:
One of the Best Books I’ll Read This Year!

The Last Child by John Hart is fiction. It’s about Johnny Merrimon whose twin sister was abducted. Johnny thinks he can find her and then their family will go back to being together again. I really liked this book. All the characters are very believable as is the story line. I did not see the ending coming at all! The Last Child rocks! It’s a can’t put down thriller!


Gerard's Favorite: The Last Stand by Nathaniel Philbrick
I always enjoy reading books on history that I'm not well versed on and this book is no exception. It tells the story of Custer, Sitting Bull and the battle of the Little Big Horn. The writing is superb. You really get the sense of what went on and what led up to the battle. This book will easily make my top ten books of the year! It's a great read!

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We Remember

MEMORIAL DAY IS HERE--

Thank you to all our service men and women.  

God bless them all!

I love the way Parma Heights Baptist Church honors those who served. The choir sings a medley of the theme songs for each service and has those stand who served or who have family members serving when their theme song is played. I am always moved to tears by it.

Read about a real hero, Captain Ed Freeman, here: Who's A Hero To You?

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Celtics on To The Finals! (by Gerard)

I go so tired of hearing on ESPN how no team has ever come back from being 0-3, how the Celtics are old and tired, blah, blah, blah!

Well, the Celts put an end to that last night with an awesom game! The crowd was into it from the get-go! Robertson came off the bench and hit some big 3 pointers after Rondo went down. It was a team victory all the way! Now, it's on to the finals! Go Celts!!

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6 Things I Learned This Week-#73

A Book With No "e"

Kathy from the Junk Drawer shared about a novel, "Gadsby," written by Ernest Vincent Wright without using the letter "e." I find that amazing since "e" is the most used letter in the English alphabet! Here is the link to the post about it at The Writing Pages: "An Entire Novel Without The Letter 'e'."

Blogger Linking

By accident I discovered that in Blogger if you put a link in the box under your post title when writing your post, the Link Within posts are the ones on the other place that you linked to. When I found the inspiration for posting about my piano experience, I copied the link to a draft post until I was ready to write it and forgot to take it out. When it posted, the link within posts at the bottom were all from the blog I had linked to. When would you ever want to link your post title to something else?

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