Suzanne Schaffer

Lyrics Harder To Believe Than Not To Nothing is colder than the winds of change where the chill numbs the dreamer till a shadow remains among the ruins lies your tortured soul was it lost there or did your will surrender control? Shivering with doubts that were left unattended so you toss away the cloak that you should have mended don't you know by now why the chosen are few? it's harder to believe than not to harder to believe than not to It was a confidence that got you by when you know you believed it, but you didn't know why no one imagines it will come to this but it gets so hard when people don't want to listen Shivering with doubts that you left unattended so you toss away the cloak that you should have mended don't you know by now why the chosen are few? it's harder to believe than not to Some stay paralyzed until they succumb others do what they feel, but their senses are numb some get trampled by the pious throng still they limp along

Oh my goodness, you guys have got to check this out! Pickles and Prayer is a collaboration by two of my favorite people. A sweet prayer guide for parents and children to read together.  Pickles and Prayer encourages readers to pray even little prayers. The lyrical verse captures attention and teaches that all prayer plants a seed of faith, the simple prayers eventually giving way to deeper prayer and a deeper walk with the Lord. Beautifully illustrated with pictures of pickles from seed to plate. Also includes a simple refrigerator pickle recipe. Good book for children and parents to read together. You can purchase the paperback here or the Kindle version here . 

2019 Reading List Just my way to keep track of the books I've read this year.  Favorites are in bold January 1. Honeybee Hotel by Leslie Day 2.  We Hope For Better Things by Erin Bartels 3. Dear Cary by Dyan Cannon 4. Learning to Live Out Loud by Piper Laurie 5. Love Finds You in Carmel by-the-sea California by Sandra D. Bricker  6. Sing For Me by Karen Halvorsen Schreck 7. Still Waters by Shirlee McCoy 8. Dotty Dimple at Home by Sophie May (1896) February  9. Grace by Robert Lacey 10. The Seamstress by Allison Pittman 11. Never Let Go by Elizabeth Goddard 12. Glory Road by Lauren K. Denton 13.  The Printed Letter Bookshop by Katherine Reay 14. Convergence by Ginny L. Yttrup 15.  The Secrets of Paper and Ink by Lindsay Harrel   16. The Adventure by Adessa Holden  17. Shadow Among Sheaves by Naomi Stephens March 18. The White City by Grace Hitchcock  19. The Pages of Her Life by James L. Rubart  20. The Baggage Handler by David Rawlings 21. M

I started doing a favorite things list a few years ago and when December 2019 came around I couldn't think of anything that I found amazing other than becoming a grandmother. And visiting Idaho and Montana. Honestly, it took a lot of thinking to come up with this list, which is why it's so late in being published. Anyway, here are my favorites for 2019 The Original Maple Tea. Bliss. It's a subtle maple flavor in a smooth tea. I love a smooth tea. If you're a tea drinker you'll know what I mean.  We found this when we visited the Prince of Wales Hotel in Canada. My husband took me there in August for tea. That was bliss too. I found this tea in the Princess Gift Shop. I savored all forty-eight teabags and panicked when I ran out. Then I got on eBay and had some sent to me. All is well again.  The Brookstone Towel Warmer is something I never knew I needed. It's an indulgent luxury that I don't ever want to be without again. One