Bless You for the Gifts, by Monica Moran Brandies

From the heartland, true stories of life in a large rural family, written with warmth and humor.

Hand autographed by the author.
196 pages.
Mackey Books ISBN 9616338-7-5

MESSAGE FROM THE AUTHOR:

This book is my favorite one to sell. It makes an ideal gift for anyone, not just gardeners, for it is a book of stories, connected by the characters of my life and family. I tell people to buy it for a gift and then read it carefully before they give it. There are some farm and garden stories included, but basically it is my one step off of the compost pile. God wraps His gifts to us in the most amazing and often amusing packages. Many of them come through people we meet every day, blessings given by "The People Who Care". We too often fail to recognize the gifts and the gift bearers at the time, but when we look back we see some wonderful benefits we almost missed and wonder how many we did miss. Some gifts lie dormant, like "Seeing Grandma Naked", for decades before they become important. Others like "Hence and the Haymow" take on new meanings over the years. "Cow Tails" will make you laugh. We laugh about some of them now but they were true crises at the time. "Hit by a Train" tells of the first time we almost lost our firstborn son and the miracles that followed. Two of these stories were requested for the Chicken Soup for the Soul books.