catching up, or trying to!

Hi everyone! I will be posting some things here soon. It's been so busy with work and family. My son got married! Yes, he did - he got married on Saturday! I'll share some photos and catch you up with things very soon.

In the meantime, I hope your summer is getting off to a good start. It's not officially summer yet, but feels like it. :)

Feel free to share here in the comments what you'd like to do this summer. Any plans? What books are you reading? What will you do with your children? Any trips planned? How are you planning to keep prayer in summer? I'll be posting an article about that soon.

Don't forget to enter my Grace Cafe: Take Me Away contest! There's still a little time to enter. See details here.

God bless and hugs!

Donna-Marie

Summertime Book Contest: Grace Cafe: Take Me Away!

I think it's time for another book-give-away, don't you? With summer fast approaching, I thought I'd have a contest: GRACE CAFE - TAKE ME AWAY! What do you think? Summertime is an ideal season to be rejuvenated as we attempt to slow down a bit if we can and enjoy our families and all that the season of summer brings us.

So, with that said, all who leave a comment below will be entered into my contest. In your comment, tell me why you absolutely need to win a copy of GRACE CAFE: SERVING UP RECIPES FOR FAITHFUL MOTHERING for your summer reading. I will be awarding three books. Those of you who send me a photo of yourself reading one of my books to my email address DMCOBoyle(at)aol(dot)com) in addition to your comment, will be entered THREE times into the drawing! If the winners already own Grace Cafe, they may choose another of my books as their prize.

Regarding the photos, your face can be covered if you wish (with the book you are reading) or whatever you'd like. Don't be shy. You can be creative too. I possibly will follow up with an additional contest and enter the most creative photos received. Some or all photos received might be posted on my blogs or website. So, entering your photo, gives your permission to be posted.

You only have until June 21st, the official first day of summer to get me your comments and photos. The contest ends at midnight Eastern time of June 20th. So, be quick and get your entries in! Also, you may enter for someone else too. For instance, if you'd like your mother, friend, cousin, daughter, or whomever to have a chance to win too, just send in a comment and explain why that person should win. Remember, photos get you a better chance of winning. Plus, of course, I'd love to see you in them! :) Please be sure to leave a contact email address in the comment and with the photo so that I can contact you should you win.

Good luck and God bless everyone! Stay tuned here too for some additional summer posts. I'd love to hear from you!

hugs,

Donna-Marie

Summer contest coming up!

Here's a view from my back deck...thinking it's about time to announce a new book give-away contest.

All interested, say "I!" Actually, say whatever you'd like in the comments. :)

Stay tuned!
God bless and hugs,
Donna-Marie

And the winner is...

Guess who the winner is of the Mother Teresa and Me: Ten Years of Friendship book give away?

It's Jamie. Her entry was:

"Hi Donna Marie! I'd very much like to be entered into the contest, so that I may have an opportunity to read your newest book. I've had to cut back on my book buying over the past year or so and sadly, my local library doesn't carry many books such as yours. I'd like to learn more about Mother Theresa. Before converting to Catholicism, my only real exposure to it was my granny (a catholic who married a man who it turns out is very Anti-catholic), my aunts on my father's side, and what I saw on TV of Pope John Paul the II and Mother Theresa. Something about her radiated, as did our beloved Papa...I don't get as much time to learn about our faith as I did after my conversion, as most of my time is spent caring for two little ones, but I long to learn more.

Jamie (auroraj42@yahoo.com)"

The winner of this contest was picked in a random drawing not because of the content of their entry. I will be contacting Jamie by email and ship off an autographed copy of my book ASAP!

Stay tuned for another contest for one of my books perhaps right after Easter.

God bless you all!

Donna-Marie

A Book Give-Away Contest!

I think it's time for another book give-away contest. What do you think? If you would like to win a copy of my latest book: Mother Teresa and Me: Ten years of Friendship, just leave a comment below telling me why you would like to win this book. All entries will be put into a drawing and a winner will be chosen on January 31st.

I hope you win! :)

God bless!

Donna-Marie