Thank you Rebecca for sharing about your grief journey with us.

https://www.amazon.ca/Widows-Awakening-Maryanne-Pope/dp/0981064302

https://twitter.com/rebeccaorr26

https://www.instagram.com/rebecca.jm.orr/

https://www.facebook.com/caitlinsmom

email: [email protected]

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Cindy Palin

www.newcindypalin.com

Talking about stressors significant to today's current events, and how to establish healthy boundaries according to our mental capacity.

Music titles: So That We Might Live, Wash Away This Man, and To Save One Soul, recorded in 2000 on Psalms for my King album.

website link to other Cindy Palin originals:  www.newcindypalin.com

The Lord's Prayer - Matthew chapter 6:9-13

Review of Wednesday's Reveal - Our Main Character Milly.

Discussion about title: When Grandma Got Sick.

Suggestions for new title, which may suit Milly's character more: When Gran Got Sick.

What names do you have for your Grandparents and why? Cindy and Danielle would love to hear from you.

Audience participation in crafting a title is welcome. Contact Cindy at [email protected] or vote on instagram

Visit Artist and Illustrator Danielle's new space on instagram dan.eye.elle for more information as we unfold this new project.

For further information on grief tools learned through Lightuniversity.com, email Cindy Palin.

Wednesday's Reveal this week will be a profile picture of Artist and Illustrator Danielle Lemay.

New book project and links you will want to visit:

https://www.newcindypalin.com/post/new-children-s-book-on-illness-and-grief

https://www.instagram.com/CindyPalin/

https://www.facebook.com/CindyPalinWriter

Watch mid-week for the main character's debut

Tune in next week for the theme of the book, and possible title. Perhaps our audience can help?

Historically lullabies are written in minor keys and contain sad and scary content, but that doesn't have to be what you sing or read to your child before bed. We can choose the words we want to soothe our children with, and taking words right from the book of Jeremiah is what I did. Listen to the story first, and then sing along. The book is available for purchase on my website if you wish to turn pages along with the podcast. Just visit my shop at www.newcindypalin.com. The song is also available there.

Check with your local Canadian bookstore to see if they have it on their shelf, or ask them to order it in.

Willow's Lullaby, Written by Cindy Palin, Illustrated by Desiree Abt-Tomkow, and published by Word Alive Press.

Available at Pandora's Boox and Tea, Olds, Alberta, Kennedy's Parables Red Deer, Better Books and Bibles, Calgary, and ....www.amazon.ca

Our children are going to meet up with difficulties in life. Rather than be fearful, or 'cause them anxiety, we can plant seeds of truth in their hearts to equip them for their future.

"The Kindness Seed" was inspired by our grandchildren and some of the difficulties they have already encountered at pre-school, kindergarten, and school. This story is not an exhaustive lesson on kindness, but an attempt to plant a seed.

Consider these thoughts further...

The Parable of the Sower, found in Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23.

How do we cultivate good soil in our children's hearts, so the seed will take root and grow?

How do we, together, hear the Word and understand it?

Why is there so much repetition in this story?

Repetition in this instance creates a rhythm, helps memory, helps develop reading skills further.

Someday in the near future I would love to have this story illustrated and available in e-book and print format. I have fun imagining how the seed of kindness is planted in the children's hearts before they go to school. I try an imagine what the seed looks like. I delight in developing the story further in my mind. Have your child send me their version of what the seed of kindness looks like. 

Cindy Palin

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How one family separated from one another this year, coped by using their imagination, story telling and the MAIL!

Laughter and fun for the whole family. Sure to become a favourite on your podcast channel!

Hear about what inspired the story.

Listen to Cindy's narration, music and special sound effects.

Books available at Pandora's Boox and Tea, Kennedy's Parables Red Deer, Better Books & Bibles Calgary, amazon.ca, and order from any bookstore in your location.

Published by Word Alive Press.

Written by Cindy Palin

Illustrated by Desiree Abt-Tomkow

*Watch for "To Willow's House for Tea" as part of Olds Municipal Library Story Walk in Uptowne Olds, this summer, 2021.