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If all goes well, in a matter of hours I should hit the “send” button and propel my memoir closer to publication: Please, God, Don’t Make Me Go! A Foot-Dragger’s Memoir.
And less than 24 hours ago, something astonishing happened. It has to be a God-thing. I’m still rather stunned, but so excited about it.
Let me tell you what happened.
Yesterday afternoon, I was taking a snapshot of my granddaughter after she competed in a track meet. She’s the one in red with her back to the camera.
But then, a man on the right, wearing black, caught my attention. I looked again and . . . Yes! It was Glenny Gardner! (Actually “Glenn” now—he’s all grown up.)
Glenny was about six years old, maybe seven, when he popped into our lives. That was in 1976 on my family’s first day at a remote mission station named Lomalinda (pretty hill) in rural South America.
You’ll have to read the memoir to get the whole impact of the welcome Glenny gave me that day. For now, let’s just say it involved a boa constrictor a few inches from my face, cradled in Glenn’s hands, and, on my part, a lot of hollering. And a hurried snapshot in an attempt to apologize to Glenny for screaming at him.
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| Glenny and his boa constrictor |
Many years later that photo, and the lesson I learned from Glenn, hit me so hard that I had to write a memoir about the three years my husband and kids and I lived in Lomalinda. And by the way, the photo I took that day is on the cover of my memoir.
And somehow, yesterday God blessed my socks off by bringing Glenn and me to the same middle school track meet. I hadn’t seen him in 40 years. What a great gift it was to see him again and swap stories and meet his wife and daughters.
Running into Glenn just hours before sending off my memoir to the publisher—it just had to be a God-thing, don’t you agree? I can see His fingerprints all over it!
P. S. You’ll enjoy reading more about that snapshot in my recent guest post at Kathy Pooler’s blog. Just click on that link.
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| Glenn and me yesterday at the track meet |
Wow! Linda that is really a god timed reunion and I'm sure you were extremely excited. Congratulations on getting to the point of near publishing your next memoir.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joyful! I expect that you, too, have had such unexpected reunions. I'm still so tickled over seeing Glenn again. Thanks, too, for your encouragement on my next memoir. You've been such a faithful supporter and I thank God for you.
DeleteHow special and exciting! Definitely a gift from God!
ReplyDeleteVictoria, you're right, it was so special. I still am rather amazed at it all! You, too, have had such events. Like you said, they're definitely gifts from God. I hope you're feeling better every day, dear Victoria. Thanks for stopping by and leaving your comment.
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