Meadowlark Songs: A Motherline Legacy has joined the throng of new books being published this spring! I’m amazed and humbled.
I’m also exhausted (two dozen years of fibromyalgia now compounded by tests for tummy issues). Alas, no launch party for Meadowlark Songs, no blog hop, no library visits. If you wouldn’t mind sharing posts and reviews about the book, I’d be mighty grateful.
A motherline connects us to lives past, while living in the present and offering strength and resilience for the future.
What do we inherit from our grandmothers besides mtDNA? Heirlooms? Character? Does the past shape our future? The legacy of a small log church was nurtured through my motherline and woven into the blessing and mystery of my own inheritance. Glimpses into the lives of these women, along with cameo appearances of the men they married, reveal a legacy of faith and hope while navigating challenging times through seven generations. (Leora herself is the fifth generation!)
Paperback, hardback, and ebook (available soon) are carried by Amazon.com.
Look for autographed copies locally by May 1 at Art on State in Guthrie Center, the Urbandale Machine Shed Restaurant, and Beaverdale Books in Des Moines (shipping offered 515-279-5400). Hey, an idea for Mother’s Day!
Ordered! Can’t wait to read it!
Thanks, Dennis. I wonder what you’ll think of this one!
I am so very happy for you! I can appreciate the effort you put into this book.
Thanks, GP.
Congratulations on yet another publication!!
Thank you, Darlene. This one sure isn’t like the others!
Hard work pays us back in many ways, as you well know. At least, it usually does. How are you feeling, other than exhausted? And happy Easter, only slightly belated! ✝️🙏❤️
Thank you, Gail. CT scan Friday. Other tests okay, so I praying the latest is fixable! (This is in addition 24 years of fibromyalgia.)
When I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, my rheumatologist said that I might grow out of it. Now, nearly 40 years later, I’m still waiting. So far, arthritis has demanded that we fix both knees, but I suspect there will be more fixing ahead. Aging … yuk!
Oh, you’ve dealt with it twice as long as I have! Bless you, Gail. Prayers for knee fixing ahead!
Not knee this time; they were 2000 and 2020. The elder is still doing well, and the younger survived surgery during COVID! Unfortunately, it’s a shoulder this time. 😒
My reverse shoulder replacement was done (right side) just as Covid broke out, early 2020.
You’ll be able to walk me through it! Blessings, always!
I don’t do well with opioids, so cheered for the neck block. No pain meds until I was home! Recovery is arduous, but physical therapy sure helps.
Congratulations, Joy! I just hit the “Buy” button.
Bless you, Liz. Your dear “Grief Songs” is listed with Favorite Resources on page 141!
Thank you!!
Congratulations, Joy! I can’t wait to read….sending big hugs! 🥰
Thank you, Vicki!
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Congratulations! Ordering it today.
Thank you, Bob!
Celebrating your every success!
Bless you, Annette!
I ordered 5 copies this afternoon. One for each daughter and one for each grandchild. They will relish reading about their relatives and “ancestors”!
Bless you, Bob! I enjoyed putting this one together. I just heard from Gary Blockley, who is the younger son of Grandma Leora’s sister Ruby, who was 10 years younger that she was. Gary is 88, the only one left of Ruby’s family.
This sounds great to me, Joy, and it’s on my list.
Thanks, Tim!
My pleasure, Joy.
I recall hearing of the Blockleys while visiting Grandma Wilson in Guthrie Center. Do I remember correctly, they lived in California and Grandma visited them ? Next time I log on to Ancestry, I’ll be able to enter year of birth for Gary if it is vacant.
Gary has two sons. Seems like one of them is interested in genealogy. Yes, Leora and her mother Laura flew to CA for Laura’s 90th birthday! (Remembered on page 49 of Meadowlark Songs) I think CZ Goff drove Laura out there years earlier since Ruby, Wayne, and Willis lived in CA then. Goff reunions in CA!
Congratulations, Joy! I just ordered the paperback! 🥰
Thank you, Lauren!
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You’re amazing! How were you able to complete a 160 page book so quickly with all your health challenges? It’s now on my list to buy. Good luck, Joy! 🙂
Bless you, Nancy! The ebook version is also live as of this afternoon.