#Thankful Series—Day Ten (Plus #Giveaway Info)
All this month I will be watching on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and my new subscribers for my monthly-0r-so newsletter. If you tag me @JulieArduini and tell me you’re #thankful or #juliearduinithankful, I’ll enter your name to win a copy of my fiction books. This includes Entrusted, Entangled, Engaged, You’re Beautiful and the boxed set of A Christmas to Remember (only available as eBook.)
If you live in the United States, you have the choice, if you are the one winner randomly chosen, of print (except A Christmas to Remember,) or eBook. If you are outside of the US, it is automatically eBook.
I’ll add your name once a day for each shout out I receive (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, plus one total entry if you are a new subscriber to my newsletter.) You may or may not receive confirmation from me for those entries, and my random draw is final. If winner doesn’t respond after 30 days, I will choose another. I’m thankful for you.
As you read this, I’m probably low on sleep, high on caffeine. Why? Because I’ve been blessed enough to spend time with family and friends in Upstate NY.
I couldn’t always say I was thankful for that part of my life, my Upstate NY life. It took a few years of Ohio living to even see the gorgeous hills of the Finger Lakes region, let alone miss them.
But I have always missed my NY friends.
My NY and OH friends don’t connect often unless through social media, but I love them all. They get me, and what I love about my NY friends, they have seen me at my absolute worst. Most knew me before I had any faith in Christ, so they knew me as a broken, angry young adult. I was definitely a wounded person wounding people. As Christ changed me and I grew through new challenges, they had my back, even when I didn’t want them to.
They brought dinners when I miscarried.
They prayed.
They babysat when my dad passed away. Brought meals. Stayed late after services.
They let me grieve over my new life in Ohio when I didn’t know anyone. Our daughter was so sick. I didn’t fit in.
I might not be able to visit as often as I want, but I love that we can still text, send funny videos only we understand, message, and plan for our next time together.
I love my NY friends!
