I know it is a late update but it has been a crazy month! Last month we had our book club early on the 16th of December so as to avoid having it on Christmas Eve. We had read the book Christmas Jars and everyone really loved this book! Everyone really liked the idea of the jars and thought it was such a great book for the Christmas Season. I made little Christmas Jars for everyone and we have decided to fill our jars and next Christmas we will then do our own version of Christmas Jars for someone. What a great way to celebrate Christmas. We all felt that this book really put across the true meaning of Christmas and that it doenst matter how much money you have or dont have for that matter. I wish the spirit of Christmas could last the whole year long and I think that this isnt just a book to read at Christmas but a book for all year. We all really enjoyed it!
For January we are reading a book which was suggested to us by Eleanor, Sarah Song by Karen Kingbury here is the synopsis:
The ritual is the same every December: Twelve handmade paper ornaments and a small plastic Christmas Tree. Twelve days for Sarah to remember her long ago love from the place where she now lives, her small boxy room at Greer Retirement Village. Twelve Chances for Sarah to sing her song once more....
Every year Sarah Lindeman celebrates Christmas in a special way. It is her time to remember where she came from and what she is today, and how that long ago song gave her another chance at love.
But this year the ritual is different. This year a desperate young woman is listening, a nurse who lingers by the door as Sarah places the first yellowed ornament on her tiny tree. Sarah feels the hurt in this woman's soul and reaches out to her. Her hope is that she can do something to help both of them.
And so she sings. Each day she hangs a paper ornament on her Tree and relives a chapter of her story, drawing her new friend into the hallways of yesterday and a love that rose and fell, only to bloom again stronger than ever. Sarah knows the heartache that results from making bad choices. And she knows, too, how God can redeem any situation, her own life is proof of that.
As Sarah sings, she prays her new friend will understand the true gift of love and that to give it up without a fight means to give up on life itself.
But will Sarah be able to convince this troubled young woman before time runs out? Twelve days. Two lives. And one song. "Sarah's Song", that just might bring about a miracle for everyone watching.
This books sounds really exciting and I cant wait for mine to arrive from Amazon so I can start to read it!
The next book club meet in on the 28th of January at the usual place! I personally Cant Wait!! xx
