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    Sundays, Dreams and Souvenirs: Awakening to a World of Wonder, Awe and Beauty... as We Turn the Page
    Sundays, Dreams and Souvenirs: Awakening to a World of Wonder, Awe and Beauty... as We Turn the Page
    Sundays, Dreams and Souvenirs: Awakening to a World of Wonder, Awe and Beauty... as We Turn the Page
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    Sundays, Dreams and Souvenirs: Awakening to a World of Wonder, Awe and Beauty... as We Turn the Page

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    Sundays, Dreams, and Souvenirs is a book of joys, sorrows, searching, praying, and loving. It is a book of the sharing of insights of childhood and adulthoodall merged into one as a whole.
    There are reflections on growing upon being a child, on learning as an adult, and the lessons of childhood . . . again.
    We are all travelers on this journey called life. We bring along with us the souvenirs from the pastthe joyous days of childhood, and running free, the adult years. Looking back, the pain of rejection and heartbreak; the poignant love of family; the lessons learned in giving, in praying, in hoping, in witnessing death and dying, only to emerge into a newness of life; in witnessing life in all its beauty, in all its trauma and joy; but always keeping our eyes on the love of God, the love of family, and the dreams that we keep in our heart, which can see us through the challenges of life at every turn.
    We need to trust God in these pages, to open up to a world that can be and is really within each of our grasps.
    It is a world of wonder, awe, and beauty, but also one of painstaking trust in giving to God each moment of our lives, to the Creator who formed us in our mothers womb, and to give him back a life of tenacity and strength and total joy.
    Jeff Bradley wrote, The magic of the next word . . . infinite possibilities. We too can find this as we turn the page.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateSep 27, 2012
    ISBN9781479703876
    Sundays, Dreams and Souvenirs: Awakening to a World of Wonder, Awe and Beauty... as We Turn the Page
    Author

    Carolyn Majors

    A mother, grandmother, and Registered Nurse - I have loved writing reflections, prayers, spiritual insights, and stories for many years. I have authored two previous books - "The Seeds of My Love" using a pen name of Carolyn Majors and a soon to be published book, "Sundays, Dreams and Souvenirs" also under the pseudonym - and now, a book of love and wonder and hope seen through the eyes of A Gingerbread Boy - with a "Gingerbread Heart".

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      Book preview

      Sundays, Dreams and Souvenirs - Carolyn Majors

      Copyright © 2012 by Carolyn Majors.

      Library of Congress Control Number:       2012915618

      ISBN:         Hardcover                               978-1-4797-0386-9

                         Softcover                                 978-1-4797-0385-2

                         Ebook                                      978-1-4797-0387-6

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      Scripture quotations from the Holy Bible, the New King James Version

      Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson Inc.

      Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      The Holy Bible, New International Version

      Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 New York Bible Society

      Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      The Holy Bible, Contemporary English Version

      Copyright © 1995 American Bible Society

      Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      To order additional copies of this book, contact:

      Xlibris Corporation

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      Contents

      Acknowledgments

      Preface

      Part One      Sundays

      Sung to Sleep

      Searching

      God and the Apple Tree

      An Embrace of Love

      The Path Home

      A Resurrection

      Max

      Anguish

      Packing Our Bags

      Forgiveness

      The Fallen Leaves

      Depression

      Jesus, in the Home of Levi

      The Widow’s Son

      A Prayer

      An Open Letter to Someone Contemplating Suicide

      Grasp the Light of Rainbows

      Jesus

      Holiness

      A Shell’s Journey

      The Art of Thanksgiving

      A Happy Thought

      The Ten Lepers

      Look Up

      Part Two      Dreams

      Spring

      When I Was Four

      The Fence

      Wishing

      Christmas in June…

      Swing-Set Hands

      Thunderclap and Blue Eyes Pale

      Through a Child’s Eyes

      The Comfort of a Mother

      Leave a Trail

      Grief and a Legacy

      Belong

      Tiny Things

      Joy

      A Quiet Night

      A Chartreuse Violin

      The Weeds in Our Lives

      Frost

      Our Creations Teach Us About Our Creator

      Fear

      The Gift of Peace

      Love

      For the New Year The Old and the New

      The Magic of Love

      A Lemonade World

      A Father’s Day Wish

      For Sale—Needs Mending

      Faith

      A Star Shines

      Magic

      Treasure

      Wonder

      A Gift of Love

      Finding Him

      An Obstructed View

      Part Three      Souvenirs

      Standing Back

      Simple Pleasures

      Easter

      Trophies—Yours, Mine, the Nations, and the World

      The Denial of Peter

      Jesus Carries His Cross

      Jesus Falls, Carrying the Cross

      Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus to Carry His Cross

      Veronica’s Veil

      Jesus Speaks to the Women of Jerusalem

      Jesus Is Nailed to the Cross

      The Hands of Jesus

      Jesus Is Placed in the Tomb

      A Risen Savior

      The Ascension

      Pentecost

      The Joy of God

      God’s Grace

      The Trust of God

      The Mercy of God

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      To my beautiful family who have made my life one of wonder, awe and beauty by the love, beauty, awe, and wonder of theirs.

      I love you all, with all my heart.

      I will sing to

      the Lord

      for He has dealt

      bountifully with me.

      —Psalm 13:6

      Acknowledgments

      With thanks and deep appreciation to

      Jeff Bradley

      Mark Bradley

      Josie Pate

      Marilynn Walker

      Megan Boniti

      Rachel Boniti

      Corey Bradley

      for their beautiful contributions to this

      book.

      Also, a special thank you to Fr. José Manuel Escalante for his

      illustration and for giving me the inspiration to write the meditations

      on the life of Jesus.

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      Preface

      Sundays, Dreams, and Souvenirs is a book of joys, sorrows, searching, praying, and loving. It is a book of the sharing of insights of childhood and adulthood—all merged into one as a whole.

      There are reflections on growing up—on being a child, on learning as an adult, and the lessons of childhood… again.

      We are all travelers on this journey called life. We bring along with us the souvenirs from the past—the joyous days of childhood, and running free, the adult years. Looking back, the pain of rejection and heartbreak; the poignant love of family; the lessons learned in giving, in praying, in hoping, in witnessing death and dying, only to emerge into a newness of life; in witnessing life in all its beauty, in all its trauma and joy; but always keeping our eyes on the love of God, the love of family, and the dreams that we keep in our heart, which can see us through the challenges of life at every turn.

      We need to trust God in these pages, to open up to a world that can be and is really within each of our grasps.

      It is a world of wonder, awe, and beauty, but also one of painstaking trust in giving to God each moment of our lives, to the Creator who formed us in our mother’s womb, and to give him back a life of tenacity and strength and total joy.

      Jeff Bradley wrote, The magic of the next word… infinite possibilities. We too can find this as we turn the page.

      Part One

      Sundays

      Be still and know

      that I am God.

      —Psalm 46:10

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      Sung to Sleep

      by Jeff Bradley

      Sung to sleep. A stable dark. Cold night wind, now calm.

      Lantern light. Shadows on the ground.

      A scene played out for the ages.

      A donkey’s breath steams into the night, cold, dark night.

      In the hay, behold, a mother smiles, a baby sleeps…

      Holds him in her arms. Holds creation—the secrets to the universe,

      In simple hands of love.

      And I saw you… yes, when I woke I saw you,

      And looked in your eyes.

      I saw the Father’s love in those eyes…

      And I knew the secret.

      The secret lay in the sadness there,

      The pain before the joy…

      But you—you sang me to sleep…

      Took me in your arms and held me close,

      And took away all that would take away—

      Made all into love… for now.

      There would be time for all later.

      Dream now… under the light of the Father’s love.

      Deep dream—streaming from the bright eyes

      Of a young woman made to hold the king.

      Sung to sleep, the Father sleeps—

      Deep in

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