Today, welcome special guest Kathy Nickerson as she begins her blog tour for Thirty Days to Glory.
Thanks so much to Angela for helping me launch my book tour for Thirty Days to Glory. I know she is super busy spreading the news about her own book. (I assume you have read Where Hope Starts by now. If not, bookmark this page, and then go buy it!)
Okay, welcome back. After you finish Angela’s book, feel free to settle down with a cup of hot chocolate and start mine. Thirty Days to Glory is also a story about hope. Hope that one life can make a difference. Hope that Light can break through darkness. Hope that prayer works, love lasts, and Christmas sparkles brighter every year.
Although I call myself an Eternal Optimist, I don’t live in a fairytale land. In the last few years, my husband and I faced the death of a newborn granddaughter, the four-month battle for her twin sister’s life, the death of my father-in-law, cancer in our pregnant daughter, the loss of a thirty-year friendship, my husband’s struggle with addiction, and the gut-wrenching shaking of our marriage and our faith. (Both our marriage and our faith survived. And thrived.)
So, I don’t believe life is all sunshine and lollipops. I simply believe God wins in the end. It may be the end of the day or the end of a season. Maybe the end of an era or the end of a life. But, He will win. And, as long as we stay on His side, we win, too.
I hope you will read Thirty Days to Glory and see God winning in these lives:
Catherine Benson longs to do One Great Thing before she dies and Elmer Grigsby hopes to stay seriously drunk until he slips out of the world unnoticed. Against a Christmas backdrop, Catherine searches for purpose while fighting the infirmities of age and the best intentions of her children. She gains support in the battle from her faithful housekeeper and her quirky friends known as the Glory Circle Sisters.
Elmer isn’t supported by anyone, except maybe his cat. When he opens the last whiskey bottle of the month, he knows it is time to shuffle down to the post office and pick up his government check. Somewhere in his fog, Elmer knows he was once a better man. That is why he stays in the fog.
When their destinies intersect one Tuesday in December, they both discover it is only Thirty Days to Glory.
Kathy Nickerson writes from her home in rural Missouri, where she lives with her husband of nearly forty years. They are the parents of four children who grew up to become their best friends and who have given them a dozen grandchildren, so far. Kathy’s writing credits include magazines such as Discipleship Journal, Angels on Earth, Focus on the Family, Proto, and Kyria.com. Some of her stories have also been published in collected works by Bethany House and Guideposts Books. Her novel, Thirty Days to Glory, will be released by CrossRiver Media in October 2013.
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Thanks for hosting me today, Angela. And thanks to Angela's readers for giving me a few minutes of your day!
Kathy, So glad you could be with us today. I've started the review of 30 Days to Glory and am looking forward to seeing how the story unfolds!
How wonderful to see you both in the same location! I'm looking forward to reading your book, Kathy, and I've just promoted your book, Angela, again on Google+. What a wonderful ministry you both have!
Wow, kathy, you definitely have walked the walk when it comes to struggles and trials. You're a strong woman of God!
Thanks, RJ and Katie. I've learned a lot about trusting God 🙂 I'd like to learn future lessons through a dream, perhaps. Or a good book. Anything but experience!