http://www.cameronsamazingbooks.com Share in the legacy of the joy of reading... Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:32:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I recently discovered the author of the quote which was something to the effect of: "Fiction is different from life in that fiction has to make sense." It was Mark Twain--who else?!! http://www.cameronsamazingbooks.com/2010/02/16/more-on-the-quote/ Sometimes I am crying before I know why. I tell you, Sundays are the hardest. You know how hard and crazy it is just getting everyone dressed, out the door, and to church on time? And then it starts-- the music. I choose the contemporary service-- and that praise and ... http://www.cameronsamazingbooks.com/2010/01/31/sunday-tears/ I have found some words on grief which I have found helpful. Most of them come from Senator Ted Kennedy's book True Compass, which I highly recommend. "It has been said that time heals all wounds. I don't agree. The wounds remain. Time--the mind, protecting its sanity--covers ... http://www.cameronsamazingbooks.com/2010/01/30/helpful-quotes-i-have-found/ Today is the day-- Heaven day. It is the very day four years ago that Cameron was taken from me. It is hard to believe. It has only been four years, it seems like a life time. Only four years since I stood in that little street and looked down ... http://www.cameronsamazingbooks.com/2010/01/19/heaven-day-2010/ Over the last few weeks, we have received numerous books. We want to thank you all for sharing. Our friends, Lance and Ulrika Belline, collected books at their Christmas party. It was very special to us and there were over 75 books collected! We also want to thank Rod and Casey ... http://www.cameronsamazingbooks.com/2010/01/17/thank-you-for-the-books/ It is time for me to say Merry Christmas to my baby. This is the way I do it-- by writing on her blog. Cameron, I can't believe we have to have another Christmas without you. This makes our fourth. You should be here. You ... http://www.cameronsamazingbooks.com/2009/12/24/blue-christmas/ Thanksgiving is a time for all of us to count our blessings. Two years ago, at Thanksgiving my mother shared a message she wrote with our family. It was about how the first Thanksgiving was put together in a time of extreme duress. But even though the pilgrims were tattered ... http://www.cameronsamazingbooks.com/2009/11/26/blessings/ I can't pray. http://www.cameronsamazingbooks.com/2009/11/24/cant/ I haven't been blogging much lately, and I have to soul search as to why. As you can probably imagine, I still grieve everyday. I always have the loss of Cameron with me. It is like a scar. But just like any scar fades over time, so does the overt ... http://www.cameronsamazingbooks.com/2009/11/13/avoidance/ Mary and Martha Center (Dequeen, AR), Women's Crisis Center of NE Arkansas (Jonesboro, AR), Center for Children (Lowell, AR), Benton County Women's Shelter (Bentonville, AR), and Project Hospitality (Staten Island, NY). http://www.cameronsamazingbooks.com/2009/11/12/october-books-mailed-to/