Showers in SeasonOn the quiet cul de sac of Cedar Circle, where neighbors are close friends, fierce winds of circumstance threaten to sweep one couple away. Their Downs Syndrome pregnancy is shattering news for Tory and Barry Sullivan, but the option Barry proposes is abhorrent to Tory. It will take a wisdom and strength greater than their own to carry them through. That, and the encouragement only a loving, close knit community can provide. Over kitchen counters and

to learn their habits and ways of doing things

The stakes of the game become clear when a tin can is tossed into the house with rules scrawled on it

In seventeenth-century London two forces rule the people: the color powers and the Stone Plague

we'll see and notice that we are never alone

inspired interpreter of such classics as Streams in the Desert and My Utmost for His Highest

or to my fear of his threatening presence

It shapes the way we eat

yet deep inside feels insignificant--and the Executive--the CEO of a very large and successful company who claims the greatest joy in his life is his ability to give to others

Now she realizes how desperately she needs him

No other word better describes our modern-day suffering

just as Proverbs 22:6 says

He was a shiny silver balloon with a special message that said I Love You in bright red letters