Reunited at last!

     I feel like I have been reunited with an old friend today. I didn't fall in love with reading until one day when my mom and dad bought me a book called, "Summer Promise" by Robin Jones Gunn. Robin introduced me to a family of characters that I "grew up" with. Without those books I don't know who I would be today. There was the Christy Miller books and then the Sierra Jensen books. After those there were three books called, "Christy and Todd: The College Years." Then more recently Robin wrote a series about Katie Weldon. Other characters' stories continue but Sierra's ended with her moving to Brazil. We never find out what happens to her. Does she marry Paul? Where does she go from Brazil? What happens?! But alas, Robin wrote a single book called, "Love Finds you in Sunset Beach, Hawaii" and we finally find out what happens to the beloved Sierra Jensen.

     I am so happy to be reading about her again. I feel sort of like she was one of my childhood friends and I am finally getting reacquainted with her and she's in Hawaii! I am so excited to see what is to come with her. One thing is for sure.. she doesn't end up with Paul. I cheered for him throughout all 12 books in her series because I wanted him to be the one that she ended up with. I guess that since she doesn't end up with him that God has someone greater for her. It isn't easy seeing that though when you are faced with the heartache and pain of someone not being the one for you. I love it when writers write about "real" characters that go through the same things that we do, so when we read about them it's like looking into a mirror and finally receiving the hope of tomorrow. 

     If you get anything out of what I write please get this: never give up hope, never stop trying, never stop caring, never stop hoping for what is to come, and never lose sight of the hope in the Truth. Even when we are going through tough times, always remember that there is hope.

     Happy Sunday to all!

                      -Emily