Comments on: Meet the Ladies

By: melody

melody — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:46:54 +0000

Oh, Deanna, this is exactly like the board. Everyone coming with their own stories. Can’t wait to read more!

By: Dawn Lewis

Dawn Lewis — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 06:14:23 +0000

13 minutes and counting…

I’m writing my own book just for fun. It’s like a twisted version of Little House on the Prairie because my life was not that nice as a girl. I start in the morning. I bet I won’t get 50,000 words, but to start is always a good thing.

uh, 14 minutes now that you’ve been going.

By: tessy

tessy — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:57:47 +0000

I just want to wish you the best and I can’t wait to read more!

By: Dawn Lewis

Dawn Lewis — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:28:15 +0000

Yeah, I did go over verses repeatedly, but in doing an organized bible study it really helped most and cooled me on my irrational search and showed me how God is with me through all this. I still flip open my bible, but since I know more about the passages that comfort me, I now turn to those to hear from God.

By: Rosie

Rosie — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:49:24 +0000

Hey Deanna,
Because of the time difference you may not get this til Nov 1, but I just wanted to say the characters look great! And just to offer my encouragement and support. This book is such an interesting idea and I am addicted to coming back and looking at all of the examples. Thanks for posting that list of snippets from stories that you may use, there was one on there, it was not mine, but I did it too. Which was afterwards, to open the Bible at random pages to see if God was trying to tell me something. It didn’t work and I came to my understanding slowly over time. It was difficult when that understanding dawned but I am glad I have it now.
Keep up the good work Deanna! You are an inspiration to all of us and I hope that you are doing well.
Love Rosie

By: Dawn Lewis

Dawn Lewis — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 05:05:31 +0000

Great to meet them!

One little bit of info, I don’t know if you’ll need it or not, but truck stops have a tape exchange of Christian tapes…sermons mostly. We stopped to get gasoline when traveling once (no, we’re not truck drivers) and my husband noticed them. The idea is that a truck driver can take a tape at one stop, and then leave it at another. It isn’t necessary to your story, but it popped into my mind when reading about these women and their partners.

I would love to talk with the teen. I recently was directed by a leader in our church to possibly do “visitation” for those who miscarry, and to possibly be a teen mentor especially to pregnant and new moms.

It will be interesting to read about Tina and see how you work her family into this. Teens in miscarriage must really be confused about what life is all about! They not only have to deal with coming out and telling people they are pregnant (or they begin to show and are found out), then they loose a baby and have to go through the loss. I would imagine the support would be almost non-existent.