Kinda felt like I was "hanging out" here all alone because it seemed that no one ever came or posted a comment. Thanks to Karen and Chris I just learned that the comment option was turned off. Sorry bout that. It has been remedied so

PLEASE LEAVE ALL THE COMMENTS YOU WANT.  Many thx.

It's so sweet to see my book in print at last. 

You can view "Forever Stalwart" at www.amazon.com (even open it electronically),
but before you buy . . . we'll sweeten up your day . . . 

Let me give you a Christmas gift of a $5.00 discount. 

Go to:  www.foreverstalwart.com -- "Buy Book Now" -- and put in my

discount code: XV84SB3G

Talk about a Christmas miracle. THE BOOK is printed! 

All pre-sale orders are in the mail with a in-time-for-Christmas promise. I am delighted. 

Purchase book at:  www.foreverstalwart.com

Endure to the End!

"Endure to the End"

Words and Music by Susan B. Mitchell

1968 my winter was filled with worries of war because my sweetheart was fighting for freedom in Viet Nam and fears of the Hong Kong Flu epidemic because it had already hospitalized our one-year-old twin daughters. On Christmas Day our infant son awoke with a fever and the doctor admitted him too. Needless to say, I then lived at the hospital nurturing our little ones and trusting the God who was nurturing me. 

At length the children came home and I clung onto the expectation that their daddy would someday return as well.  While rocking the baby late one night a powerful message came into my heart. I felt Heavenly Father’s love! He knew me and He wanted me to know Him. All these things were for my good, my eternal preparation. With faith I could lay my worries and fears on the alter because my Savior, even Jesus Christ, had endured all things and stood ready to help me endure too, even to the end. As I rocked my baby the chorus of this song came into my mind and I sang its melody again and again until the baby fell asleep and I could write it down. 

Over the years this message has been an important focus in my life. The Lord expects us to endure all things and to endure them well, even happily to the end. 

That is my quest and I think in part it also applies to enduring the wait to publish this book! I thank you all for you patience too. It will happened! While we wait -- I would like to share this song with you. Email me at foreverstalwart@gmail.com and I will send one to your email address. 

Your comments on this blog are greatly appreciated.

Enjoy the Journey

Would you believe? My father assigned me to write this account about Grandpa Titus over three decades ago. That's before computers! Talk about taking a l-o-n-g journey, but it has been a good one. In future blogs we will expose some of the behind-the-scenes details, finds, and memories to enjoy while we continue this extended journey to the printed page. Please join us.

So we're still hanging on

Can you believe it? "The book" is edited and uploaded with written permission to release every single item requested. I should be on cloud nine, you say. Not quite yet. Now we have to wait for a LCCN (Library of Congress Control Number). Cannot release printing until we have a number. Could take up to ten days, they say. What more could be LEFT?

Sweet Claudia, volunteered to edit "the book" one last time while we awaited the final release statement from the Church History Library. She was editing the Illinois section when her mission call arrived -- to serve  in Nauvoo, Illinois! How cool is that?