Betty Whitaker Jackson

Welcome to Whispering Woods Friday. Those of you who are reading my newly released book, Whispering Woods, will find a post on Fridays about the book, characters, setting, insights into writing, and all things interesting about The Grand Lady Victorian Mansion.

The idea for the book began about two years ago. I was “between books” so to speak, having finished the things I set out to write on my literary journey.  I was watching Cedar Cove, the popular show written…..

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The last stanza of the Star-Spangled Banner.  Sing it, pray it, thank God for the men and women who fought for our nation’s independence, for those who defend her freedom, and for those whose purpose is to continue preserving the freedoms others have earned on our behalf. Let us remain vigilant, and most of all grateful that we are Americans!

“Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved home and the war’s desolation! Blest with victory…..

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I am busy writing the sequel to Whispering Woods, my new book about to be released next week. I think I’m even more excited about this second book in the series than the one just being released. It’s very much like expecting a second child, although this will be my seventh book.

Whispering Woods takes a wonderful Christian family and its nanny and her family through the disaster of 9.11 where they lose their businesses, their condo, and their will…..

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It’s such a joy to be grandma to Kaley. Today is her fourth birthday, and it’s hard to remember pre-Kaley. That’s the impact she has made on our lives!

She is a joyous, talented, considerate, sweet, bright, and energetic child, much as her daddy was at this age. She is organized, has impeccable manners, knows Scripture, always looks after her sister, and is a credit to her loving mommy. She’s a perfect combination of both her parents, and we couldn’t…..

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Filled with praise , even as I think of the death and approaching death, perhaps, of two beloved friends and the grieving which occurs today in at least three families’ lives I know of this morning. But I am filled with praise, because these beloved saints have known God’s provision and grace and peace and guidance throughout their well-lived lives. Psalm 149 says: “Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with tambourine and harp. For…..

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