{"id":22568,"date":"2017-11-06T20:49:25","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T01:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=22568"},"modified":"2017-11-06T20:49:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T01:49:25","slug":"a-childs-christmas-wish-by-erica-vetsch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=22568","title":{"rendered":"A Child&#8217;s Christmas Wish by Erica Vetsch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22569\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/A-Childs-Christmas-Wish.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/A-Childs-Christmas-Wish.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/A-Childs-Christmas-Wish-95x150.jpg 95w, https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/A-Childs-Christmas-Wish-150x237.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>MY REVIEW:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this heartwarming tale, a still grieving young widower feels obligated to take in an elderly couple and their grandson&#8217;s widow after their house is destroyed by fire. Although he has mostly isolated himself from others since his wife&#8217;s death, Oscar finds himself drawn to the family despite his determination to remain as disconnected as possible. What else could he do as he watches his young daughter blossom under their care.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A Child&#8217;s Christmas Wish&#8221; is perfectly delightful book for the approaching holiday season. I loved all the characters from gruff Oscar to his lively daughter Liesl as well as each of the Amaker family. Filled with large doses of kindness, faith, and traditional Christmas celebrations, the story ended much too soon for me.<\/p>\n<p>I have enjoyed many books by this author and this one was no exception. I would highly recommend adding it to your Christmas reading list.<\/p>\n<p><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>I voluntarily reviewed a digital copy of this book provided by the author. A favorable review was not required. All views expressed are my own.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE BOOK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>A Baby for Christmas<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The only Christmas gift Oscar Rabb&#8217;s four-year-old daughter prays for is one the widower can&#8217;t provide: a baby sibling. And when his neighbor&#8217;s house burns down, he&#8217;s willing to open his home to pregnant and widowed Kate Amaker and her in-laws\u2014but not his heart. Even if his little girl&#8217;s convinced Kate&#8217;s unborn child is the answer to her wish.<\/p>\n<p>Kate quickly sees the generous but aloof Oscar has little interest in growing closer to his houseguests. Still, she intends to make the coming Christmas a season to remember for his daughter. And as Oscar starts to open up to her, Kate can&#8217;t help picturing just how wonderful the holidays\u2014and a future together\u2014might be.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-21414\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Erica-Vetsch-_-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Erica-Vetsch-_-2.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Erica-Vetsch-_-2-107x150.jpg 107w, https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Erica-Vetsch-_-2-150x210.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Erica Vetsch<\/strong> is a transplanted Kansan now residing in Minnesota. She loves history and romance, and is blessed to be able to combine the two by writing historical romances. Whenever she\u2019s not immersed in fictional worlds, she\u2019s the company bookkeeper for the family lumber business, mother of two, wife to a man who is her total opposite and soul-mate, and avid museum patron.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MY REVIEW: In this heartwarming tale, a still grieving young widower feels obligated to take in an elderly couple and their grandson&#8217;s widow after their house is destroyed by fire. Although he has mostly isolated himself from others since his wife&#8217;s death, Oscar finds himself drawn to the family despite his determination to remain as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,57,34,105,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-christmas","category-historical","category-love-inspired","category-romance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22568"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22572,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22568\/revisions\/22572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}