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Hauntingly Cute by Kathy Winters Design
Project 365- Gingerscrap Designers
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Week 42
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Hauntingly Cute by Kathy Winters Design
Project 365- Gingerscrap Designers
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Week 41
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Hauntingly Cute by Kathy Winters
project 365 - Gingerscrap Designers
Make like a tree 2 by Harmonystar
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Week 40
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Hauntingly Cute by Kathy Winters
project 365 - Gingerscrap Designers
day tabs by Simply Scraps
WA by Gabby
Balloons by nikki
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Week 39
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apple - Harmonystar
The Heart the Truly Loves
The Heart that Truly Loves
by Susan Evans McCloud
Millie turned angrily to Nicholas. "You entice innocent women to leave their homes and the beliefs of their fathers, to give up all that they have and go to some wretched place in the middle of nowhere -- "
Nicholas put his hand on her arm as if to stop her. "Miss Cooper, you do not understand." He was grieved.
"I understand! Far more than you realize."
What Millicent Cooper understands is that the Thatcher family, with whome she has lived since her mother's death, has left the culture and refinement of Boston for the wild Missouri frontier. And it all is the result of Judith Thatcher's indroduction to the Mormon faith by four missionaries -- missionaries like Nicholas Todd.
Rather than live among a people with strange, alien beliefs, Millie has chosen to return to her hometown. There she encounters Nicholas Todd, who treats her with a tenderness that she has never experienced before. But his commitment to a religion that has disrupted, even endangered, the life of Millie's dearest friend, Verity Thatcher, only confuses and angers her.
And then there is dark, brooding Luther Fenn, who returns from his voyage at sea seeking to claim the love of his youth. Millie is torn between her conflicting feelings for Nicholas and the promise of stability a life with Luther would provide. But after Nicholas departs for England, and suddenly his letters stop coming, Millie is forced to make the decision that will affect the rest of her life.
The harsh realities and heroic resolve of the Saints in Far West and Nauvoo are seen through the eyes of a nonmember who is struggling to find peace in her own heart. Set against the moody backdrop of the New England coast, The Heart that Truly Loves is a captivating tale of romance, religion, and the clash of two cultures.
That was a really long ingro. Pretty much sums up the story. Sounds cheesey? I thought so too. This book is full of grandiose phrases like"
"Something deep and dormant was awakened in Nature, and in the men and women who, dulled by city life, could yet respond to the pure bliss of living, of drawing life in through the senses and finding it good."
Pretty huh? I find it much more suited for a poem than for a novel, but that could be just me. It took more than half way through before I started caring about any of the characters and found it a good read. But my love historical fiction overcame my disdain of romance novels. If you are the kind of person that does like romance novels than I suggest the book to you, if you are the kind of person that thing reading hopeless romances that have predictable endings than perhaps you should stay away. I did however glean several quotes from this novel that I did indeed like.
"True knowing comes from deep in the heart, and many live and die incapable of it, ignorant of what they have missed."
~Daniel Hawkins
"Never make the mistake of mocking those who have found their way of truth, just because you are still blind to it."
~Daniel Hawkins
"What wretched creatures we are, that only through our own suffering can we develop tenderness for others. Where the mind has not been, the heart cannot follow. But why must it be so?"
~Millie
"To love something good and noble, to give your life to it -- that alone brings joy, that alone brings peace."
~Millie
by Susan Evans McCloud
Millie turned angrily to Nicholas. "You entice innocent women to leave their homes and the beliefs of their fathers, to give up all that they have and go to some wretched place in the middle of nowhere -- "
Nicholas put his hand on her arm as if to stop her. "Miss Cooper, you do not understand." He was grieved.
"I understand! Far more than you realize."
What Millicent Cooper understands is that the Thatcher family, with whome she has lived since her mother's death, has left the culture and refinement of Boston for the wild Missouri frontier. And it all is the result of Judith Thatcher's indroduction to the Mormon faith by four missionaries -- missionaries like Nicholas Todd.
Rather than live among a people with strange, alien beliefs, Millie has chosen to return to her hometown. There she encounters Nicholas Todd, who treats her with a tenderness that she has never experienced before. But his commitment to a religion that has disrupted, even endangered, the life of Millie's dearest friend, Verity Thatcher, only confuses and angers her.
And then there is dark, brooding Luther Fenn, who returns from his voyage at sea seeking to claim the love of his youth. Millie is torn between her conflicting feelings for Nicholas and the promise of stability a life with Luther would provide. But after Nicholas departs for England, and suddenly his letters stop coming, Millie is forced to make the decision that will affect the rest of her life.
The harsh realities and heroic resolve of the Saints in Far West and Nauvoo are seen through the eyes of a nonmember who is struggling to find peace in her own heart. Set against the moody backdrop of the New England coast, The Heart that Truly Loves is a captivating tale of romance, religion, and the clash of two cultures.
That was a really long ingro. Pretty much sums up the story. Sounds cheesey? I thought so too. This book is full of grandiose phrases like"
"Something deep and dormant was awakened in Nature, and in the men and women who, dulled by city life, could yet respond to the pure bliss of living, of drawing life in through the senses and finding it good."
Pretty huh? I find it much more suited for a poem than for a novel, but that could be just me. It took more than half way through before I started caring about any of the characters and found it a good read. But my love historical fiction overcame my disdain of romance novels. If you are the kind of person that does like romance novels than I suggest the book to you, if you are the kind of person that thing reading hopeless romances that have predictable endings than perhaps you should stay away. I did however glean several quotes from this novel that I did indeed like.
"True knowing comes from deep in the heart, and many live and die incapable of it, ignorant of what they have missed."
~Daniel Hawkins
"Never make the mistake of mocking those who have found their way of truth, just because you are still blind to it."
~Daniel Hawkins
"What wretched creatures we are, that only through our own suffering can we develop tenderness for others. Where the mind has not been, the heart cannot follow. But why must it be so?"
~Millie
"To love something good and noble, to give your life to it -- that alone brings joy, that alone brings peace."
~Millie
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