About the Author: CYNTHIA fell in love with reading at a young age and was know for having a vivid imagination. However, it wasn’t until after the birth of her first child that she started to write stories in earnest. She has published several non-fiction articles and has had a short story included in A Maritime Christmas (Nimbus, 2008). In 2006, she won both the Joyce Barkhouse Writing for Children Award and a Nova Scotia Talent Trust Scholarship in Literary Arts. Cynthia resides in Halifax, Nova Scotia with her husband and two children.

About the Author: KATHLEEN GIBSON describes herself as “a far-from-perfect clergy wife”. She is the author of ‘West Nile Diary’ and a frequent conference and retreat speaker. A former magazine editor and freelancer for Reader’s Digest, CBC Radio, and other major media, her work has received numerous awards and been published worldwide. In response to frequent reader pleas, the writings in this book were adapted from the first year of her popular local faith and life columns, Sunny Side Up, published since 2001 in Yorkton This Week. Kathleen and her husband, Rick, live and minister from Saskatchewan, Canada, surrounded by nearby family, friends, and farmland.

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