Shannon here: Caryl McAdoo shares a romantic gesture from her husband. Comment or answer the question at the end of any post dated Sept 14 – 18 to enter the drawing for a copy of her latest Historical Romance, Daughters of the Heart. Deadline: Sept 26th, 11:59 pm central time. Here’s Caryl:
Over the years, my husband’s and my sleep habits have gotten off kilter to where he goes to bed so early, sometimes by 8 or 8:30, while I just don’t get tired until sometime after midnight, oft even 3 or 4 in the morning…about the time he’s getting up. I love it that he can go to sleep anywhere, anytime. I, on the other hand, lay down and close my eyes and be perfectly still for up to two hours without ever going “to sleep”. Rather than lay there wide awake, I get up and work on the computer—be it mid-day or bedtime.
Anyway, that’s all set up. Knowing this, he always lets me sleep until I wake up and as soon as I do, no matter what he’s doing, he gets up and goes to the kitchen and brings me a cup of coffee—well, lemon water first of late as he read online that it’s healthy to start every day with a cup of hot, fresh squeezed lemon water! Then he brings the coffee as soon as I down it.
We’re sixty-five now. In November, he turns sixty-six, and his little way of serving me this way is a much appreciated gesture of love…and I think very romantic.
We’ve been together since we were sixteen, so fifty years is coming up. That’s since our first date, but we were together from that day on…every day from June 24 into November when his mother made us miss a day. After dating a year, he proposed, and we married in June the next year after graduating high school! Baby next June, baby the following September. Young love is so sweet! Mature love is even sweeter! 🙂
About Caryl: Award winning author Caryl McAdoo currently writes four series: the historical Christian ‘Texas Romance’; a contemporary ‘Red River Romance’; The Generations, her Biblical fiction and a mid-grade The King’s Highway. The prolific, bestselling novelist loves singing new songs the Lord gives her and painting. In 2008, she and her high school sweetheart-husband Ron moved from the DFW area—home for fifty+ years—to the woods of Red River County. Caryl counts four children and sixteen grandsugars life’s biggest blessings believing all good things come from God. Praying her story gives God glory, she hopes each one will also minister His love, mercy, and grace to its readers. Caryl and Ron live in Clarksville, the county seat, in the far northeast corner of the Lone Star State with two grandsons, Christian and Benjamen. Learn more and connect:
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About the book – Daughters of the Heart: God’s perfect plan is oft so hard to determine.
In his life, Henry Buckmeyer has never been so beside himself. His little girls are so young, just babies, too young. He hates the whole idea of men coming to take them away and is inclined to shoot every one of them, but praise God for a level-headed, loving wife and step-mother! She helps keep him sane amidst the female chaos. Packed with fun, romance, deception, action, heartbreak and tears, this delightful Christian novel keeps the twists and turns coming.
Gwendolyn, Cecelia, and the youngest, Bonnie, make a pact never to break their father’s heart like their big sister did. Then their determination is sorely tried when suitors show up, and he gets so pigheaded with his rules.
Will Henry survive his daughters coming of age? Will they endure and keep their promises to each other?
From one man asking to court her—who Daddy sends packing—Gwen goes to three! How can she ever decide? Cecelia knows exactly who she wants, but she’s still a year away from Daddy’s acceptable courting age. What if her beau doesn’t know or won’t wait? And Bonnie hates being the baby and wants to be grown-up more than just about anything…except her man. She is for sure and for certain in love.
Will the Buckmeyer home ever be settled and peaceful again? Will any of his daughters find true love…a man he’ll approve and to whom he can give his blessing?
Purchase Link: Amazon
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Question for Readers: Do you take him coffee, or does he bring you yours, or do you both get your own? If not married, are you an early bird or a night owl?
Come back Sept 18th for Caryl’s romantic excerpt!
I am a early bird! When I was married, I would get his coffee ready while he got dressed since he left earlier than I did
My hubs is a much earlier riser than I am so he has his coffee, gets ready, and leaves me with a goodbye kiss. I then sometimes make myself coffe and sometimes not!
For 15 years, my husband drank coffee alone. Every time he’d make it, he’d ask if I wanted a cup. I always said no. It tasted bitter to me. Then I had a horrible sore throat and he begged me to let him make me a cup with extra sweetener. I’ve been hooked since.
Now, whoever’s up usually makes the coffee. We drink it throughout the day, even in the evening. We’re immune and just drink it for the taste. He calls me his Java babe.