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Lesliereadsalot
Joys of Love | Madeleine L'Engle
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1.Worst picture of me ever, with hubby and grandson at jazz band concert.
2.Two puzzles son sent for my birthday. Bottom one is a booknook, a tiny dollhouse kind of thing.
3.Watching Day of the Jackal on Peacock, great show!
4.Frosted lemon cookies from daughter, note 2 are missing.
5.First snow yesterday was beautiful, now melted.

#5JoysFriday. @DebinHawaii

dabbe You. Are. Adorable. 🧡🤎💛 4mo
Lesliereadsalot Thanks. You‘re a sweetheart 🩷 @dabbe 4mo
mcctrish I love the picture ❤️ 4mo
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Lesliereadsalot Aww, thanks! 🩷 @mcctrish 4mo
bthegood You have the most beautiful smile - love that picture - 🙂 4mo
Lesliereadsalot Thanks, you‘re so sweet! 🩷 @bthegood (edited) 4mo
Bookwomble I'm joining the chorus of appreciation, Leslie 🤗 4mo
DebinHawaii A wonderful list of joys & I think the picture is great! 💛💛💛 I now want lemon cookies! 🍋😋 3mo
Lesliereadsalot Thanks! I always want lemon cookies! @DebinHawaii 3mo
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BarbaraJean
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This was a lovely meditation on memory, aging, and grief. My April #BookSpin pick, it was timely as my mom passed away at the beginning of April. I found so much that was relatable as L‘Engle reflected on her mother‘s decline and eventual passing. The family memories she narrates are lovely—some sweet, some impressive, and some hilarious—something I found true of my own mother as family & friends shared memories of her over the past couple months.

tpixie So sorry for your loss. 🌺💝 3y
BarbaraJean @tpixie Thank you, Teri! 💜 3y
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BarbaraJean
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“One morning at breakfast Ida and Edna had a quarrel [that]…grew so heated that Ida threw a glass of water across the table at Edna. Edna rose, dripping, stalked into the music room, sat down at the piano and played and sang, loudly and nasally, “_Jesus_ loves me, this I know…”
This scene delights me so much that I‘ve put versions of it into almost every book I‘ve written, and have had, with reluctance, to delete it.”

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BarbaraJean
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“But God, if he is God, if he is worth believing in, is a loving God who will not abandon or forget the smallest atom of his creation. And that includes… everybody, everybody without exception.”

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BarbaraJean
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“I‘m much more use to family and friends when I‘m not physically and spiritually depleted than when I spend my energies as though they were unlimited. They are not. The time at the typewriter and the time at the brook refresh me and put me into a much more workable perspective.”