{"id":20579,"date":"2016-07-15T21:54:11","date_gmt":"2016-07-16T02:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=20579"},"modified":"2016-07-15T21:54:11","modified_gmt":"2016-07-16T02:54:11","slug":"god-bless-us-every-one-by-eva-marie-everson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=20579","title":{"rendered":"God Bless Us Every One by Eva Marie Everson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20580\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/God-Bless-Us-Every-One.jpg\" alt=\"God Bless Us Every One\" width=\"600\" height=\"928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/God-Bless-Us-Every-One.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/God-Bless-Us-Every-One-97x150.jpg 97w, https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/God-Bless-Us-Every-One-150x232.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>MY REVIEW:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What could be more fun than taking a break from the heat and humidity of July in the south than reading a Christmas novella? &#8220;God Bless Us Every One&#8221; is my first Christmas book for 2016 and I sincerely hope that I enjoy those to come as much as I enjoyed it.<\/p>\n<p>In this thoughtful but fun story, &#8220;God Bless Us Every One&#8221;, Charlie Dixon&#8217;s life runs roughly parallel to the Dickens Christmas Carol she is helping with behind the scenes. Charlie eventually learns that sometimes our biggest disappointments can lead to the greatest blessings. Easily read in one evening, this novella is written with heart and is filled with love, forgiveness, and reconciliation. Sweet and poignant, it is a must read this Christmas season.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/divider2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10857\" title=\"divider2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/divider2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"317\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/divider2.png 317w, https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/divider2-150x28.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>A copy of this book was provided for review by Amazon Vine.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE BOOK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<section class=\"description\"><em><strong><span class=\"kicker\">A timeless classic can change the future.<\/span><\/strong><\/em>Charlene Dixon\u2014called Charlie by family and friends\u2014is devastated at the recent loss of her job. For the last five years, the twenty-seven-year-old has blossomed as the activities director of an exclusive all-girls school. But when a misunderstanding with the head-mistress leads to a pink slip right before the holidays, Charlie packs up dreams and returns to Grandma Esther, who raised Charlie as her own.When Charlie arrives\u2014broken and confused\u2014Esther immediately puts her granddaughter to work behind the scenes of the local school\u2019s Christmas play, A Christmas Carol. When Charlie disapproves of having to work with Dustin Kennedy, the seventh-grade English teacher, Grandma Esther encourages her to take a deeper look at why the book by Charles Dickens had been written in the first place and what the book could teach Charlie about the needs of the children in their own community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-20582\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Eva-Marie-Everson.jpg\" alt=\"Eva Marie Everson\" width=\"191\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Eva-Marie-Everson.jpg 191w, https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Eva-Marie-Everson-138x150.jpg 138w, https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Eva-Marie-Everson-150x163.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/>Eva Marie Everson<\/strong> is an award-winning speaker and author of <em>The Road to Testament, Things Left Unspoken, This Fine Life, Chasing Sunsets, Waiting for Sunrise, Slow Moon Rising<\/em>, and The Potluck Club series (with Linda Evans Shepherd). She is the president of Word Weavers International, Inc., a member of AWSA, ACFW, RWA, the director of Florida Christian Writer\u2019s Conference, and the contest director for Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writer\u2019s Conference. She and her husband make their home in Casselberry, Florida.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 0.85; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 36px; left: 410px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 0.85; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 36px; left: 410px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MY REVIEW: What could be more fun than taking a break from the heat and humidity of July in the south than reading a Christmas novella? &#8220;God Bless Us Every One&#8221; is my first Christmas book for 2016 and I sincerely hope that I enjoy those to come as much as I enjoyed it. 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