Dear Readers & Visitors to my blog, I appreciate you! Thanks for stopping by!
Recently, I watched the 1946 movie Great Expectations on TV. I’d read the Charles Dickens novel about ten years ago & was surprised to find I preferred the black-and-white movie. The title got me thinking. This is the time of year of great expectations: must-do lists, shopping for food and presents at chaotic stores without ample parking, trying to second-guess a recipient’s wishes, hurry up and finish cooking or sewing projects. Chances to spend time with family can be both nurturing and draining. Many of us miss loved-ones as we fondly recall the past and attempt to fill the void. Or maybe endeavor to forget heartache, because our expectations weren’t met. Life is not a movie set where the Director can say, “Cut! Reshoot.”
Among the gifts I’ve received from the Amish is the knowledge that wounds and relationships can be healed by forgiveness. Over the years, praying for those who have wronged me or even for strangers has blessed me and others in unexpected ways.
I have a question: What smaller-than-a-breadbox item would you like to receive or give that costs under $20? Leave a short comment and enter to win this Amish-made Quillow, which opens to 40″ X 60″ quilt, & a signed copy of a novel from The Legacy of Lancaster County Trilogy. USA & Canada. Winner chosen at random and has 3 days to respond.
I’m grateful for Vannetta Chapman’s post last week! Thank you to the many people who entered to win a copy of Murder Tightly Knit. Her winner is Diane (no last name given) whom I have contacted via email. She has three days to respond.
Thanks so much for the opportunity to win! The Quillow!!! I would be honored to win! It is such an awesome gift! I would be so blessed to win! I have been very ill lately and I spend a lot of time in the hospital, and I love to read Amish books the most! So, if I could get a new book to read when I am in the hospital, I would be so happy! A book is smaller than a breadbox and you can get one for less than $20, without a problem! I will not be getting any Christmas gifts this year, unfortunately, but I would definitely ask for books, if I were asked! Reading makes us open to new experiences and takes you far away, to another place in time and can take you away from illness, and sometimes just from life in general, and it is wonderful when a book can do that to you!!! I am not a professional, but I think that when a book can do that, it is a truly great book! And your books can do that! God Bless You and Your Family! Have a wonderful, blessed holiday season!
Sorry to hear of your illness, Frances! I’m praying for a complete recovery and that you are blessed in unexpected ways. Thanks for entering the contest!
The item that I would love to receive is an autographed book by any Amish fiction author. The gift that I would give is free.. a big hug!!!
Ooh, an autographed book does sound like a good idea, Andrea! Hugs are a great gift; not enough of them are given. Good luck in the giveaway!
I would like to receive some flavored tea to enjoy while reading a book
Sipping tea whilst reading a book sounds like a perfect pastime, Maryann! Thanks for entering the contest and good luck!
I would love to receive books or anything handmade( lots of love goes into handmade gifts). Isn’t that what Christmas is really about……LOVE.
You’re right, Darlene, a lot of LOVE goes into a handmade gift and Christmas! Thanks for entering the contest. Good luck!
I always enjoy receiving home made goodies and love to give them to others. A book always makes a nice gift also.
Homemade goodies are hard to beat, Kathy! I’ll wager everyone appreciates them. And of course I’m partial to books. Thanks for entering the giveaway!
I love to make home made goodies and give them to all my friends and family
I love to make home made goodies and give them to my friends and family
Homemade goodies sound divine, Sheilah! Suddenly, I’m hungry … Good luck in the giveaway!
Books fit breadboard really well. Health and recovery for those who posted that they or loved ones are going through surgeries or illness struggles. I would love this prize also. Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you, Karen, and good luck in the giveaway!
I would love to win this
Thank you for visiting my blog and entering the contest, Sharon! Good luck!
I would very much like to win and own this. thank you for this chance.
Thanks so much for answering the giveaway, Karen! Good luck!
Thank you for the opportunity to win this beautiful gift! Have a Merry Christmas!
Thank you, Kelly Borman of Missouri #quillow #forgiveness #Legacyoflancaster
Thanks for entering the giveaway, Kelly! Merry Christmas to you and good luck!
I love to watch old black and white movies and I actually watched this movie today also.
There is nothing like saying Merry Christmas to someone with a homemade gift, thought is put into it and you can’t buy that in a store.
would love to be the winner.
Happy Holidays to you and your family
Merry Christmas to you, Joanna! A homemade gift sounds delightful and unique, something to be treasured or gobbled up. Yum. Good luck in the giveaway!
I would like to have a book for the gift. I thank you for the opportunity to win. I hope that I do. Merry Christmas to you. Sharma Darby
Merry Christmas to you, Sharma! Thanks for entering the giveaway and good luck!
It’s beautiful! My favorite gift to both give and receive are books. I love books! And I love picking out books for others, using the knowledge I have of their likes and dislikes to find that unexpectedly perfect book!
If you can pick out books for others you have great intuition, Kristin! I would love to have someone unexpectedly pick out the perfect book for me. Thanks and good luck!
I would love to win i haven’t read this book oh how nice it would be to win I really enjoy reading all the Amish books this would be a good present to win for me to enjoy while I will be played up for a bit hope you have a Merry Christmas and happy New Year
I hope you get a chance to read one of my Amish novels soon, Missy! Good luck in the giveaway!
BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS!!! I LOVE to READ!!
Did I understand you right, Diana? You love to read? So do I! Thanks for writing. Good luck in the giveaway!
Books or anything homemade!
Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving a comment, Hannah! Books and homemade gifts it is! Good luck in the giveaway!
I always love getting books. Amish books are my favorite!!!
An Amish book sounds like the perfect gift for you, Linda! Good luck in the giveaway!
An Amish book.
What a wise choice, Linda! Thank you for visiting my blog and entering the giveaway! Good luck!
Definitely a book!
Sounds good, Rachel! Thanks for entering the giveaway. Good luck!
It’s not original, but books. And homemade plain chocolate fudge. 🙂 can you guess I’ve been craving fudge? Never could make it. It’s more like chocolate soup when I try. 😉
Books and anything chocolate sounds good to me, Ann! Good luck in the giveaway and in your fudge endeavors.
Anything Amish, “country” or handmade…….plain and simple!!
That sounds plain and simply good, Lois! Thanks for entering the giveaway and good luck!
I love to receive anything someone puts the time, talent and thought into making. I also love books, clean, moral romance fiction.
You just reminded me why I enjoy giving away my books, Gail! I’ve put time, thought, and I hope talent into them. Thanks for entering the contest. Good luck!
I would love to win this Quillow. I love Amish books. My mother is a member of a book club and buys Amish books all the time. When she is done with them she passes them down to me and my sisters.
What a great mom you have, Karen! I’d love it if she, you and your sister read one of my books. Hope you can! Thanks for entering the giveaway and good luck!
I prefer giving over receiving. I would buy toys for a child who otherwise would not receive any.
Smaller then a bread box, hum, a potholder or dishcloth. Hope I win.!!
I enjoy giving more than receiving too, Donna, so I can relate. So much fun! Thanks for entering the giveaway. Good luck!
The item that I would love to receive is a pair of “wrap around” earmuffs. I know that this sounds silly. But, I live on a fixed income. There is no “wiggle room” for a lot of extras. I love to walk outside. A month or so ago, I broke my only pair of earmuffs. (I am now relegated to walking inside at the Mall during the cold weather.) So, earmuffs is the item I’d really like!! (Ok… Books, too!!)
Merry Christmas, Kate Lloyd!!
I too want a pair. I have looked high and low and can not find.
Merry Christmas to you, Elaine, and thanks for writing! I love my earmuffs too. I also wear baseball-type caps with ear flaps in the cold weather. Not a fashion statement, but they really do the trick. Good luck in the contest!
A Book 🙂
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to you, Michelle! Thanks for visiting my blog and entering the giveaway. Good luck!
Either books or an Amish quilted pillow. This Quillow looks fabulous and I would love to win it. Thanks for the chance.
Thanks so much for entering the giveaway, Debora! Good luck!
I want a pair or wrap around ear muffs. Not the puff ball ones. Oh, and fire wood as we are out of and is only way we heat, but no money to purchase. The Lord always provides.
I would give a Bible, a book, or a pan of fresh baked cinnamon rolls. 😀
I have earmuffs like that, Yvonne, that aren’t puffballs. I’ve looked for another pair for years but can’t find them. Thank you for writing and entering the giveaway. Good luck!
I’m entering to beable to get my daughter something for Christmas.I love reading all the Amish books I can get ahold of at the library.Would so love to win.
I’m happy to hear your library carries Amish books, Jill! Good luck in the giveaway!
I would love a new pair of scissors to use for quilting! I’ve never made a qwillow so it would be wonderful to have one!
A new pair of scissors is always a delight, Dorie! I’m afraid my best scissors were used for wrapping presents and probably have grown dull. How wonderful that you quilt! Thanks for entering the giveaway and good luck!
It took me a while to think of something, to be honest! What I “need” is a small flashlight to read by at night so my husband can sleep without one of the bedroom lights on (my small flashlight just died and I read only at night, so…). Yes, it would be feeding my book habit!
Would love to win the Quillow and one of your books! Thank you for the opportunity. Have a blessed and Merry Christmas!
I keep a small flashlight and a battery operated lantern by the bed, mostly for when the power goes out, Melanie! No matter the time or where I am, I can’t turn my brain off at night without reading first, so I don’t think your book habit is a bad one. Good luck and Merry Christmas to you!
I love anything to do with baking, or reading. I would do a $10 gift card to AAmazon.com and apron in a shoe box. Or a new set of silicone baking accessories. But then again imagine all the books I could buy with a $20 Amazon gift card. I really would love to win, but if I don’t congratulations to the person who does. God Bless. Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas and God bless you, Linda! Thank you for your comment. I’m going to have to look up apron in a shoebox. Good luck in the giveaway!
I would love books or yarn.
Wishing for books or yarn tells me a lot about you, LeAnn! All good! Thank you for entering the giveaway and good luck!
An Amish cookbook or an Amish fiction book! Merry Christmas to you!
Two excellent choices, Sheila! In fact, I might wish for the exact same things. Merry Christmas and good luck in the giveaway!
Fruit flavored tea bags or coffee inside a mug would be my wish!
That sounds like a lovely gift, Sally! I might borrow your idea sometime. Thanks for entering the giveaway and good luck!
I have all the material things I need so just a chance to slow down and snuggle with my grandbabies is enough.
There is nothing better on earth than snuggling with grand-babies, Dani! Thanks for entering the giveaway and good luck!
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all!
Fat quarter bundle(s) are always a great gift for quilters/crafters.
Thank you for your terrific tip For those of us with quilter friends, Jacqueline! Thanks for the Christmas and Hanukkah salutations. And thanks for entering the giveaway. Good luck!
I would love to win this Quillow. I used to make them years ago but winning and receiving one as lovely as this one would be wunderbaar.
I’m delighted to hear you used to make Quillows, Karen! You must be an excellent seamstress. Thanks for entering the contest. It would be wunderbaar if you won!
What a great Christmas giveaway , I would love to win the quillow and most of all a sign copie of your book would be lovely . Merry Christmas and A very Happy new year . Thank you for the chance . :))
Merry Christmas to you, Tina, and a Happy New Year! Thank you for entering the giveaway! I’m wishing you the best of luck!
Right now, I’d like a package of cinnomon candy. Hard to find. Thanks for giveaway.
Cinnamon candy sounds yummy, Claudia!. I appreciate your entering the contest. Good luck!
Merry Christmas and Thank you for a chance, to win this Qwillow
Merry Christmas to you, Rose! Thanks for entering the contest. Good luck!
Books 🙂
Love to hear how many of you choose books, Catherine! Always a marvelous gift. Thanks for entering the contest. Good luck!
Porcelain Hinged Boxes. Merry Christmas!
Ooh, porcelain hinged boxes sound intriguing, Tina! Merry Christmas to you and good luck in the contest!
Books!!!
I wonder how many books fit in a breadbox, Jane! Enough to make a reader happy. Thank you for entering the giveaway! Good luck!
Books, fabric, or a gift card
Sounds like you’re seamstress who loves to read, Barb! Thanks for entering the contest. Good luck!
I would say it would have to be a fruit cake. Because you said smaller than breadbox item…so smaller than bread…and what is more privilent at this time of year, although no one eats it…..LOL….I would love to add the pillow to my Amish collection of stuff……Thank you for the opportunity and Merry Christmas~~
Well, now I’m wondering if you received any fruitcake, Sue! Hope so. Thanks so much for entering the contest and Merry Christmas to you!
I’d like to receive a variety of gift cards that I can use through out the year.
I hope you received a gift card, Annette! And I’m wishing you the very best in this giveaway!
Book, recipe cards that already have recipes on them. A picture of nature showing God’s awesome art work. I love pictures of nature, oceans, mountains, water falls and children & animals.
Recipe cards that already have the recipes written on them … great idea, Pat! A reader can never have too many books. At least this one can’t. I imagine the walls of your home are adorned with pictures showing God’s awesome work. Good luck in the contest!
Books are my first choice followed by craft items such as DMC floss, patterns, etc.
Thank you again for being so generous by having your give-a-ways! 🙂
Books and craft items both sound wonderful, Brenda! Thank you for visiting my blog and entering the contest!