Defying Gravity
There’s a lot of confusion about why today, the day Jesus was crucified two thousand years ago, is called Good Friday. But it’s really simple.
It was good for God to become flesh in Jesus and be crucified for our sins.
Good that He chose to die in our place.
Good that he took on sin and death so that we might have eternal life.
Good for us.
Good for humanity.
Will you embrace His goodness?
Reflect on that this weekend!
The Story of Passover
During this time Exodus 12:1-13 is read with brief comments and with the elements held up at the appropriate moment.
The Lamb Bone: The lamb was killed, its blood spread on the doorposts and lintel of the house to protect the home from the tenth plague, the slaying of the firstborn. God said He would pass over the house when He saw the blood.
Jesus, God’s first born, the Lamb of God, shed his blood for us so that death would pass us over.
The Unleavened Bread: Dough was not given time to rise since the Hebrews had to be ready to leave quickly. No one knows the day or the hour Jesus will return. We must be ready to go when He comes.
The Second Cup: Cup of Plagues
“God poured our 10 plagues on Egypt, the last of which, the slaying of the first born, convinced Pharaoh to let the people of Israel leave the land.”
As Christian, let us recall the lives Jesus had delivered us from.
After this explanation the father invites he participants to recount these plagues. He reads each passage aloud; They repeat it and then dip a finger into the grape juice, letting a drop fall onto the place symbolizing the plagues.
“Now let us lift our cups and drink, thanking God that He not only delivered the nation of Israel from the plagues, but that through Jesus, He delivered us from the plague of sin which brings death that we all deserve.”
Here is a good place for everyone to go around the table and confess their sins to one another.
The Bitter Herbs
Each person places horseradish on a matzo and eats it, “This symbolizes the bitterness of Israel’s slavery and our slavery to sin.”
Eating of Caroseth
Each person places charoseth on a matzo and eats it, “This symbolizes the mortar that was used to make bricks by the Israelites.”
Eating the Egg
The father presents the roasted egg.
This” is a reminder of the Temple’s destruction in A.D. 70.” The egg is dipped in saltwater, the symbol of tears, and then eaten.
Eating of the Meal
At this point, the Jewish family eats a full meal.
Eating of Afikomen
This Greek word loosely translated means, after dinner. After dinner, the children hunt for the hidden matzo. Whoever finds the piece gets a token reward, maybe a coin or candy. When found, the Afikomen is broken and shared. Likely it was at this point that Jesus said, “This is my body given for you.”
Read Luke 22:19 and share communion: “During Jesus’ Last Supper, he took the bread and broke it saying this is my body, do this in remembrance of me.”
The Third Cup
“Exodus 6:6 says, ‘I will redeem you.’ Redemption means to buy out of slavery. The lamb sacrificed and offered on Passover was the price to deliver the nation of Israel from their sin. This third cup is what Jesus drank with his disciples as a symbol of his blood. He was saying I will redeem you.”
Read Matthew 26:27-32 and take communion
Searching for Elijah
“The Jewish people believe, according to Malachi 3:1 and 4:5-6 that Elijah will prepare the way for the Messiah. They are looking for the Messiah year after year, not recognizing that Jesus, the Messiah, has already come. Pray for the Jews and everyone else who does not recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
Here the children search for Jesus, and peeks out the door.
Father: Is he here?
Child: No, he is not here.
Father: Maybe next year Jesus will come. Maybe tomorrow. For no one knows the day or the hour He will come, so we should be ready for Him always.
The Fourth Cup of Praise
As everyone lifts this cup, the father quotes Exodus 6:7 “I will take you for my people. The Jewish nation looks forward to a golden age where everyone will be at peace. We, as believers in the Lord Jesus, eagerly wait for his return when He ill take us to Heaven.”
So with the Passover ceremony finished, everyone drinks the fourth cup proclaiming “”Even so Lord, com quickly Lord Jesus.”
Here are some fun ideas you might want to try with your family:
*When the plagues are read, pass our sunglasses for darkness, round band-aids painted green for boils, toy frogs and locusts, etc. They kids might not be the only ones to get a kick out of this part of the Seder.
*During the eating of the egg, you can play the “egg game.” Prepare an egg for each guest. After the father eats his egg, explain that whoever ends up with the unbroken egg is the winner and receives a small prize. Face the person sitting next to you and tap eggs end-to-end and point-to-point. Continue to play around the table until only one unbroken egg is declared the winner.
Yesterday I shared with you the beginning of the Christian Seder my family has during the Easter weekend. We try and have this on Good Friday to reminisce about the :Last Supper”, but sometimes we have it on Saturday. We reserve Sunday for a relaxing time of Church and casual dinner.Christian Seder continued
The Four Questions
At this point, the youngest child and the father interact to explain why Passover is celebrated. After asking the first stage setting questions, the child will ask four detailed one. (In our family, we share the questions among all the children.)
Child: Why is this night different from all other nights?
Father: Once we were slaves to our sin, like the Jews who were slaves in Egypt , but now we are free , and we set aside this night each year to remember the great things God did for us.
For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, Jesus, so that we might not perish and be slaves to sin, but so we might be free and have abundant life.
Child: On all other nights we eat either bread or matzo, but why on this night do we eat only matzo?
Father: Matzo reminds us of two things. There was no time for the Jews bread to rise when it was time to leave Egypt. This unleavened bread reminds us the Jews were delivered from slavery in Egypt, and were given new life. And we as Christian, were delivered from sin and also have new life.
Child: On all over nights we eat whatever vegetables we want, but why on this night, do we eat only bitter ones?
Father: We remember how bitter our sin was and the how bitter the Israelites’ slavery in Egypt was.
(Since our family doesn’t recline at the table, we skip this question and usually substitute it with a different one of our choosing)
Child: On all other nights we eat either sitting up or reclining, but why on this night do we all recline?
Father: Before we were slaves, but now we are able to recline and express the rest we enjoy as free people.
Here are some fun ideas you might want to try with your family:
*Conduct the first part of the Seder in the living reclining on homemade pillows with the names of your guests.
*Make up four questions centering on present day Israel
Why is the land different from other lands? Then pray for the peace of Israel and Jerusalem.
*Ask a fifth question for the Jewish children who died in the Holocaust and never got a chance to ask.
It’s snuck up on me again! The Easter Holiday season.
I just pulled out my Easter file and for the rest of the week I’ll be sharing with you our Easter traditions starting with a Christian Seder. We’ve shared the “The Last Supper” with our immediate family for the last couple of years, and although it hasn’t been a “sane” experience, I think we’ve been ironing out the less than kid friendly parts, and hopefully this year will bring a little more peace.
Im sure there are lots of ways to do a Christian Seder, but this is how our family does it. I’d love to hear if you do something similar and what yours looks like. Chrysalis has a great post on an easy Christian Seder.
Christian Seder
Come to the Table
At each place setting provide the following:
Parsley (2 sprigs)
Charoseth (1 Tb) Chopped apples, nuts, honey, cinnamon, and a touch of grape juice. (This is my families favorite!)
(4 servings, 3 oz each)
Saltwater (1 bowl per 4-5 people) Add enough salt to cloud the water
Horseradish (1.2 tsp, and as “biting” as possible)
Matzo (Plain, 1/4 square)
2 candles (white) and candlesticks in table center
At the leader’s place setting also provide:
1 bowl of saltwater
1 lamb bone (meatless and oven roasted until brown)
3 whole squares of matzo and 4 napkins (Matzos are stacked between the napkins on a plate)
1 roasted egg (boil for 10 minutes; then place under oven broiler until shell is brown)
An extra setting for “Elijah/Jesus—
Same as the “per person” setting with the exception that only one glass of juice is poured and left next to the plate. For the Jews, this symbolizes the future appearance of Elijah, who will signify the coming of Messiah. For Christians, it symbolizes the return of Christ.
The Passover Ceremony
Cleaning of Leaven
A few crumbs of leavened bread are dropped on the floor. The father or another male leader then sweeps them up as a symbol that the house is ready.
The Lighting of the Candles
The candles are lit by the mother who recites, “Blessed are You, O Lord our God, King of the Universe, who sanctifies us by Your commandments and has ordained that we kindle the Passover lights. Jesus you are the light of the world. Help our light shine out to those who do not know you.”
The First Cup: The Cup of Sanctification
The father lifts his cup and explains, “Sanctification means to be set apart. We are setting apart this ceremony as special to the Lord.”
The Jews remember Exodus 6:6a, “I will bring you out (set you apart) from under the burdens of the Egyptians. God performed miraculous deeds to free Israel from Egypt. As believers, God’s greatest miracle was the price God payed, death of His only son Jesus, to free us from the bondage of sin and death.”
Everyone drinks.
Washing of Hands
Here the father washes in a basin. “This is a reminder of the priest’s need to wash before the could go before God on behalf of Israel. As Jesus celebrated His last Passover with his disciples, John 13 records that he took a towel and washed their feet instead of washing his hands. He also said that we should do this to one another.”
Take wash cloths and each person washed the hands (or feet) or the person to their left.
Dipping the Parsley
Everyone dips his parsley, one sprig at a time, into the saltwater and then eats it.
“The first dip refers to the tears shed in slavery by Israelites. But we also recognize the tears we’ve shed while in slavery to sin, without forgiveness and freedom Jesus offers. The second dip refers to the drowning of the Egyptian army in the Red Sea and the miraculous deliverance of Israel as a result (Exodus 14:13-31). We also thank God for our miraculous deliverance from sin.”
Breaking of the Middle Matzo
The father takes the middle square of the 3 whole Matzos, breaks it in half, puts one half back and hides the other half where he wants. Everyone closes his eyes while this is done. The children will look for the hidden piece later.
“These three squares of Matzo represent the beautiful picture of the Trinity. The middle representing Jesus-broken and hidden away.”
There’s much more to the Seder, but I’ll save it for tomorrow’s post!!! Please come back and see how you can get your kids involved in this Christian Seder.
Good intentions always come with the holidays, but the busyness of the season usually wins out. If you’re a late planner like me this year, don’t worry, here are some quick, meaningful and fun things you can do for Easter. What fun and meaningful things do you have planned this Easter?
This is a really fun ways to share the Easter story. Find each color Jelly bean and put it in an egg. Then on Easter morning, or during the week share the story!
Red is for the blood He gave
Green is for the grass He made.
Yellow is or the sun so bright.
Orange is for the edge of night.
Black is for the sins we made.
White is for the grace He gave.
Purple is for His hour of sorrow.
Pink is for our new tomorrow.
An egg full of jelly beans, colorful and sweet is a prayer,
a promise, A loved one’s treat.
by Charlene Dickensen, 1997
And my favorite:
The Jellybean Salvation Lesson found here.
In addition to an Easter Seder our family incorporates the following into ourEaster festivities:
Resurrection Eggs:
These plastic eggs with “little reminders” of the Easter story is always a favorit. The ones you buy have a wonderful guide to help share the good news, but you can make your own as well.
Legend of the Easter Egg “In The Legend of the Easter Egg, young Thomas learns the deeper meaning behind Easter eggs and the Easter story itself. When his older sister, Lucy, falls sick, Thomas goes to stay with John and Mary Sonneman at their candy store. But all the candy he could desire does not cure Thomas’s aching heart. Only when Mary Sonneman shares with him the story of Easter does he understand the hope he has—and what he can do about his sister’s illness.”
The Easter Promise This is my all time favorite Easter video and a MUST HAVE!
“Jerem dreams of being a soldier for a king. He is thrilled to hear about the upcoming arrival of the true King Jesus. Jerem, however, is fooled by appearances and soon rejects Jesus along with most of Jerusalem. In a wonderful lesson about truth, appearances, and forgiveness, Jerem ultimately trusts in Jesus and witnesses the fulfillment of the greatest promise of all — the resurrection.”
Easter Story Cookies This recipe has always been a fail for me, but I love the idea if you can recreate these cookies. Maybe I’ll let my baker boy try this year!
I’ve never felt like I fit.
Growing up in the 70s and 80s on Long Island, New York, I didn’t know anyone whose parents (or grandparents) were divorced except mine. I didn’t know any other kids who had to visit their dad on the weekend instead of doing fun stuff with friends. And I didn’t know any other kids whose mother pulled them from the Catholic church when she found Jesus.
I didn’t fit.
In high school, I had my own salvation experience. Jesus had always been my savior, but in 10th grade he became my Lord. I didn’t know any other kids at my school who loved Jesus like I did, who drastically changed their ways over one summer, and who had to find new friends to hang around with the following school year.
Once again, I didn’t fit.
I went off to a Christian college in 1986 and thought for sure I would fit in. But how could a girl from New York ever fit into an evangelical Oklahoma school? I might have had the big hair, but I didn’t speak the language or dress the way they did. When people were fixing to go to lunch, I wanted to know what was broken. Eventually, I found people I fit with and it made my college experience one of the best experiences of my life, but after college I still struggled to fit into my church, my homeschool and mom groups. I don’t know why, but something always made me feel like an outsider.
Then I found my writing friends, and I finally found my home, that place that you know people love and accept you no matter what because they’re family and they “get” you. That’s what the writing community has been for me and most recently the dance community I’m a part of. I don’t have to explain myself to them, they just get me.
Where is all this going with fitting into the writing market?
The other day I had a chat with my agent about the story he’s shopping around for me. The consensus from editors so far is that the writing is really good, some even loved my writing…but the story doesn’t fit. Not a surprise, really. My last story didn’t seem to fit either. Too edgy, not CBA enough, too melancholy…whatever you want to call it, I find myself not fitting again, and this time I’m smiling.
Why? Because it just confirms the word my pastor spoke in church on Sunday and maybe something God has been trying to tell me all my life. I don’t fit because God doesn’t want me to!
God makes each person unique with different gifts and personalities so they can fit into different places. My pastor said we each are designed to fit in places only we can fit.
So I know there’s a place for me. A place my writing fits, and when I find it I will be smack in the middle of God’s will, the place he designed for me from the beginning. And I’m sure I won’t be the only one smiling!
UPDATE: After exhausting all leads in the CBA, we’re taking my current WIP to the general ABA. Uncharted territory awaits me! Not sure how I feel about it all, but I’m moving forward!
Have you found the place where you fit? If not, will you keep searching until you do, or will you conform to fit into a space that was never meant for you?
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
It seems that if a writer isn’t writing, then she’s waiting… Waiting to get edits back from a critique partner.Waiting to hear from a potential agent or editor. Waiting to sell a manuscript. Even when a book is sold there’s still waiting!
Waiting can often bring weariness, especially if there are other areas in your life where you’ve been waiting on God to move. And weariness often brings a loss of hope, even defeat. It might even cause you to give up on your dreams!
Believe me, I’ve been there, but what keeps me pushing toward my dreams during the seasons of waiting is wondering if the moment I give up is when God has something wonderful for me. So what do I do in the meantime?
In the past I would whine and cry and question why the answer wasn’t coming fast enough, why I had yet to be published? Then I’d suck it up and trust God. After all God knew best, and if he wan’t giving me the desires of my heart, then it was for a reason. It was for a good reason. I had to believe that! I had to or else I’d go insane waiting and wondering when the answer would come.
Today I’m waiting yet again, but there’s not really any weariness. There’s a little anxiousness, but the obsession in wanting to know or sell my current manuscript is gone. Have I become content in the waiting? I don’t know, but I think I’ve learned how to surrender without whining to God about not giving me the results I want.
Maybe I’ve become weary in the whining.
Maybe I realized it’s futile to complain about things I can’t change. Have I truly learned to be content in where God has me? I’d like to think so, but I also hold on to the hope that maybe God has something far better than I can even dream!
And maybe that’s the real reason I’m not weary!
Last month I drove an hour and a half to my first speaking engagement. I knew this day would come. The day when I couldn’t just hide behind my computer screen. The day when I would have to take my writing on the road and share everything I’ve learned as a writer so far. And sell books.
Problem is I’m an introvert at heart. Yes, those who’ve met me at a conference might want to argue this point, but I’m not one to crave the spotlight or get up and speak to a group, though I am capable and have been known to do both. Yes, even sometimes I confuse myself with my introvert-extrovert tendencies!
I guess I don’t mind speaking when I’m passionate about the topic. And writing is one thing I’m passionate about, but WHAT could I possible speak on? As a creative writing teacher to grade schoolers and teens, I know how to talk to them. Practically anything I say is brilliant. But to a room of my peers? What could I offer that they haven’t heard before?
Then I remembered I have years of speaking material on my blog. Just this year I learned how to cut my WIP from 56,000 to 21,000. Surely, I could teach others how to do the same. So I will, tomorrow!
The thought of speaking to a group may terrify some, for me, it’s just a necessary progression of this writerly life. Others like me, just have no idea how to start the speaking phase of their career. To you I say, you’re already speaking and people are listening.
Search your blog archives. Find the subjects people respond to. They could be on the craft or simply encouragement in the writing life. Look at your written words in a new and fresh way. Maybe they weren’t just meant to be read. Maybe they were meant to be spoken!
Taken from the Compassion website:
UPDATE: Mar. 7 at 10:15 a.m. MT – Abdoul Fatao Kone is a 6-year-old boy living with his father, mother and five siblings in Bobo Dioulasso (southwest Burkina Faso). Fatao’s father is a part-time security guard who struggles to make ends meet for his family. And Fatao’s mother sells fritters (steamed bean cakes) at the local market to help support the family. When Fatao turned 1, his parents learned that he has a heart problem: a ventricular septal defect (VSD)—a hole in his heart.
Although his parents have known about Fatao’s condition for years, they’ve never been able to afford the necessary medical care. Instead, they tried traditional medicines and methods. The total cost of Fatao’s surgery, including passport, visa, travel, the surgery itself and follow-up care, is $23,000.
As Compassion’s Child Sponsorship Program grows, they are serving more children and families who struggle to survive in extreme poverty; many of them have special medical needs. Please make a donation to help pay for Fatao’s heart surgery. And if you prefer not to, please spread the word about Fatao’s situation. Pull out all the stops. And please keep Fatao in your prayers. Thank you for loving this child.
Any money raised in addition to the $23,000 for Fatao’s surgery will be used to pay for similar surgeries for other children in our sponsorship program. Children like Alexander, Rossy and Victoria. As I get more information about Fatao’s situation, I will share updates in this blog post (below) and on Facebook and Twitter.
UPDATE: Fatao’s parents will not be traveling to India with him. They are trusting God that everything will turn out well. I am not worried . . . All for me is about having hope and prayer. I pray for him to recover and come back to us. This is a matter of distance. If he were here, I would be there, but it’s too far. I will keep praying here so that he comes back to us. – Kone Lassina, Fatao’s father I know that I cannot be there, so I am just praying that my son returns home well, and I am praying that we are all well, too. – Sanaou Pauline, Fatao’s mother Courtesy of Compassion International
I know I’ve been away from here for a while, but I haven’t been far. I blog EVERY Friday at Writerinterrupted.com PLUS I update my Facebook and Twitter statuses like crazy and I’m planning on reposting some popular posts I’ve written so stay tuned. I’ll try and hang around here more just in case you missed me! 
I thought I’d take the time to reflect on the one year gestation period of my “baby.” Special thanks to Facebook and my overactive status updates! Couldn’t have posted this without you!
December 2010: My anthology partners contact me to see if I want to resubmit our novella to Barbour now that Barbour was open to stories other than Christmas. I reluctantly say yes, knowing that if my story was contracted, I’d have to cut 36,000 words.
January 2011: I determine to get on a good schedule with my historical WIP, but cryptic facebook message sent to my phone from Lynette Sowell (while in a pet store shopping for my son’s belated Christmas present, a snake,) gives me pause… Since I didn’t have internet access, I couldn’t check my email like the message asked me to. After a couple of fb messages via cell phone, I get Lynette’s number and call her, confirming my suspicions that our novella collection had sold. It was about a week after we submitted!
January 28, 2011: I Facebook… (yes, FB is a verb!)
Guess the beans are out of the pot, so here it is. I got “the call” and first fiction sale for a Barbour anthology mystery series with Cara Putman, Lynette Sowell, and Frances Devine set in Washington, D.C. My story takes place at Mount Vernon where an archaeology intern finds a forged artifact in the mansion. It will release in early 2012. (Thanks to Facebook Timeline for helping locate this message.)
I never did get a picture of me actually signing my contract because it came during Snowmagedon 2011 and frankly, I didn’t get dressed for two weeks and HAD to turn that contract in to make it official. I thought about a faux signing…which still may or may not happen!
January – June 1 I agonize over cutting 36,000 words from WIP
Here’s a sampling of the many status updates…
Jan 5: Two computers. Three versions of WIP. 30,000 words to cut and rearrange. It can be done!! I just might not be sane when it’s over!
Feb 3: From 56,793 words to 35,635 and still editing my way down to 20,000. But it will all be worth it, right?
Feb 10: There is NO EASY button!
March 9: Just saw the cover for my first sale, Cherry Blossom Capers! I will post the cover when they release it to the public soon!
March 21: Email my agent with subject line: Trying To Swallow This Elephant.
Then the rant…”Oh, wise and all knowing agent, I could really use your advice, wisdom, miracle working powers right now!! I’ve cut about 26,000 words off my novella and I’m only at 29,000. I’m shooting for 22,000 and I just got rid of two cameo characters and beloved scenes, but still can’t swallow this elephant. I need perspective, practical ways to cut this baby down that I haven’t tried…and a hack saw!”
He replies, “When the ark is sinking, throw out the elephant first. Is there a huge chunk you could cut out? Could you start it later and cut the entire beginning? Is there an entire scene or set of scenes that could be cut out without doing damage to the story?”
I get back to editing…
March 30: 26,999! 
April 1st: My book cover! What do you think?
May 13: 23,849 The End…again! Still have one more pass to try and cut down even more, but it’s almost done!!
May 26: Mind is drifting to ideas for my book launch party (Jan/Feb 2012) Think I should get the book turned in first?!? Less than a week til deadline!
June 1: Novella turned in! Onto the next story!
June 11: Working on my WWII women’s fiction is like visiting with an old friend. I could really use an uninterrupted weekend to catch up with the old girl!
July 20: My book is about 6 or 7 months from releasing, but I’m starting to think about my book launch party and promotion. I’ll be looking for influencers who will get excited with me about this book and spread the news, as well as prayer partners to cover me as I travel this new road. LMK, if you’re wanting to help in any way!
Interviews and guest post scheduling begin…
July 28: Just got my edits back from my editor, but haven’t opened the attachment yet! They need it back in a week! Good thing I’ll have plenty of idle time in the car while on vacation to work on this! And so it begins! Need to cut 600 more words! Prayers appreciated as I put this chubby baby on a diet!
Aug 9th FB Status: Thanks to all my new friends! Edits were turned in before vacation and now it’s just wait and see what to do next while I update my website and get ready to launch the book in January. I’m sure I’ll have another step or two before then, but it’s time to focus on new WIP!
Aug 11th FB Status: Look what’s on Amazon! And at a GREAT price!
Sept 20: First ever gallies (or is it galleys) on the day before I drive to ACFW! Guess I need to pack one more thing!
Sept 21: I’m impressed with my bio for Cherry Blossom Capers. Whoever wrote it @ Barbour, thanks! You made me look good!”
Sept 29: Writing my first ever dedication! How in the world do I thank everyone? How do YOU decide what to write in your dedication?
Nov 16: Most people are counting down to Thanksgiving, holiday shopping, and Christmas! I’m counting down to my book release! 45 days! Should I be worried?
Nov 25: Channeling my dormant news reporter as I finish up this press release! #amwriting #marketing #promotion
Nov 28: Holidays=interruptions in writing. Embrace it and don’t fight it. This too shall pass, might as well enjoy yourself! #amwriting
Nov 29: Writing 1000 new words this week, NONE on WIP! But having fun writing mystery script for book launch!
Dec 12: 19 days until book launch! So much time and so little to do. Wait a minute. Strike that. Reverse it…
Dec 14: I can really use some extra prayer these next couple of weeks. Remind me not to launch a book right around the holidays! :/
Dec 17: My books are delivered two weeks early!
Dec 22: If you pre ordered CHERRY BLOSSOM CAPERS on amazon, Merry Christmas to you!! They’ve been shipped & people are reading now!
Leah Bickler…My cheerleader and faithful fan even before she read it! And here’s some trivia. One of the characters in the book is named after her husband’s grandma, Martha Bickler, our dear neighbor of ten plus years!
Jan 8 2012: Cherry Blossom Capers: Mystery and Mayhem Book Launch Party
The signing
The Mystery Party
The Suspects!
Thru Jan 27: Book Sitings after first speaking engagement!
Local Christian Book Store
Justin “recommends” my book!
Walmart
And there you have it! From contract to book shelf. Isn’t the life of an author glamrous!?!
Do you own a copy of Cherry Blossom Capers? I would love for you to send me your picture holding the book and/or review and I will feature you on my blog!!
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