Well, somebody has to win the “Heaviest Packer” award too. Might as well be you, right? 🙂

Sorry about the loss of the two in your church body. The funeral I attended on Saturday was heart-wrenching, but also beautiful because yes, we know this is just the beginning of the most wonderful things ahead in the next life.

We’re off to two funerals of dear folks in our church body today. So, so much sadness surrounds us but thankfully we know that this earthly life is just the beginning.

Happy weekend to you!

Thanks so much for this encouragement and advice, Lynn. I will take it and try to find an audio copy! The names are already getting to me. My mind wants to pronounce them but the vowels and consonants aren’t going together well for me. ha.

My other obstacle is just the size. So I’m trying to view it like a series on TV–it takes months, a little at a time, to watch the whole thing. And when books are really good, I want them to keep going on and on anyway. 🙂

However, I highly recommend, for full enjoyment ,that you consider the audio book to accompany it. I still had the book at my side but listening to someone else ( a great narrator ) glide effortlessly over those many long names beyond my ability to pronounce let alone keep straight “who was who” was a real key for me getting a lot out of the book. The narrator made it easy for me to keep everyone straight and I could concentrate on this amazing story. It has become one of my favorite books among the classics and I am not sure that would have occurred with my attempts at reading alone. Then again, I have visual limitations and fatigue easily. Just a thought. I look forward to your review. “Good luck” with trying to cull out any excepts as there are MANY wonderful ones.

xo Lynn

Isn’t the beach just the best place ever? We went a couple weeks ago and even though it was quite chilly, it was still amazing. Hope you have a great weekend, Linda!

YES!