Life
Is a Garden Party
is a book about gardening, yes, but in actuality it's a 3-in1: 1.) a
gardening observation 2.) with a spiritual application and supporting
scriptures 3.) in rhyme. Each story has two poems so you could say
it's a two-for-the-price-of-one or buy-one-get-one-free. A real
bargain in today's world.
One
summer I was visiting with a neighbor who was nearing 80 (now he's
looking on 90). He said something that transposed in my mind as from
dawn to dusk. That phrase was stuck in my head for a few days.
Being the 4th
of July and having a bit of sun poisoning, I sat outside to write it
down. “From Dawn
to Dusk” was the
first poem I wrote. I soon had a small, used notebook full of poems.
That
July was too hot and humid to work in the yard so I sat in front of
the fan transferring what was handwritten to the computer where it
morphed into an observation with an application without any
forethought. My brain would not shut off. I got up early, stayed up
late, wrote in the middle of the night but then couldn't read what I
had written in the morning. The title came to me one day when I was
coming in from the garden.
I
told a friend I was writing. She gave me her second-hand computer
giving me the ability to have internet access, etc. I looked into
publishing. Another friend gave me a book about print-on-demand
publishing. God provided the resources to publish one Christmas and
the next day a print-on-demand publishing company called. God's
perfect timing - one step at a time.
The
entire writing experience has been a gift from God. I had been
diagnosed with an illness in 1990 that left me with brain fog, making
it difficult to form a sentence. When I started writing, it came out
in rhyme. Being a writer/author wasn't something planned. Writing
has been healing, taking all my broken pieces and making a whole.
Romans 8:28
I
had researched publishers for a writer friend. At that time WestBow
caught my attention. I wrote the information on a little scrap piece
of paper which was stored under the keyboard for a few years. When I
needed another print-on-demand publisher, WestBow was contacted
first. WestBow is very expedient and favorably priced. I do
recommend to future authors that it's advantageous to purchase a
package that contains marketing, providing greater sales
opportunities.
Life
Is a Garden Party
is a family read. Many of the stories are written as a riddle. An
example of one of my gardening observations/spiritual applications
pertains to my compost pile. As the compost pile will consume any
vegetation, I call it “garbage mouth”. The spiritual application
is “let your conversation be filled with grace” vs. garbage. One
goal is to teach others to see God's principles taught in the Bible
through their surroundings.
Through
this journey I have learned that many people believe in the Creator
but not in the Savior. My prayer is that spiritual children result.
The blog states which countries have accessed my blog. Countries I
have never heard of. May Jesus Christ be praised. I have also “met”
people with like faith who are now spiritual mentors. Thank you,
Lord. Love hearing from my readers. Their inflection is usually
deeper than what I'm able to convey. As all of life is a learning
experience, Life Is
a Garden Party is
growing my faith as well, often calling to mind God's faithfulness.
Blessings,
Judy
Janowski
To order Life Is a Garden Party, Vol II
go to WestBow Press, Amazon or B&N.
To order Life Is a Garden Party, Vol I
go to Amazon or B&N.
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