Start your own tradition with a Christmas cactus from Karyn Witmer!
Win a copy of Karyn's A SIMPLE GIFT and a Christmas cactus
so you can start your own tradition of passing a cutting of
your own plant to your loved ones and friends!
A SIMPLE
GIFT is a story that will touch your
heart, bring a tear to your eye. It's a story you'll want to
share with all the women you love. And if you do, please be
sure to send a note to
Karyn. She's posting Christmas memories from her readers
on her website.
Avery and Mike thought they had the perfect American
family until their daughter ran away. Now Fiona's back in
town...and nothing will ever be the same again.
Avery Montgomery's life changed forever in the checkout line
at the Food-4-Less when she discovered her long-lost
daughter, Fiona, working at the next register. Though Avery
yearns to reestablish contact, Fiona has secrets and
failures she can't bring herself to share with her mother --
and especially with her father.
Finally forced to choose between her marriage to Mike and a
future that includes their beloved only child, Avery
struggles to heal the rift that is tearing her family apart.
To do that, she must risk everything she cares about,
confront the sorrows of the past, and rediscover the love
that once bound her family together. Avery must reach out to
her husband and her daughter to forge a bright new
future--and she must do it through a simple gift conceived
in love.
NOTE FROM KARYN:
Do you or your family have a Christmas cactus? Is there a
family tradition tied to it the way there is to the
Montgomerys in A SIMPLE GIFT, or is there a new Christmas
cactus in you life? If you have stories about the pleasure
one of these very special plants have given you, I'd like to
hear about it. I will include the stories in my Christmas
letter on my website. So if you've something to share,
please email me
with your story or Christmas cactus remembrances.