Patricia Thomas Boeken

The collection features true stories from Patricia's life, highlighting moments of joy, danger, and divine intervention. These narratives include heartwarming, thrilling, and humorous experiences involving her family, illustrating the profound impact of faith and resilience. Patricia F. Thomas, an avid reader and writer with a background in education, shares her journey from Pennsylvania to California, emphasizing the importance of reading and comprehension. Through her stories, she aims to inspire appreciation for the blessings in life.

A heartwarming winter adventure unfolds as a boy and his father enjoy a night of sledding on their red sled beneath a starlit sky. Their joyful ride culminates in a cozy return home for hot chocolate. Patricia Thomas's story is beautifully illustrated by Chris L. Demarest and features simple, rhyming text that captures the magic of their bonding experience.

Cat chases Mouse after he spots Mouse taking one of the cookies left for Santa.

"'She caught a glimpse of him from her dormitory window, a thin, dark figure slipping between the bushes along the building's foundation walls before vanishing from sight...And then she heard the sirens.' The week of the Penington Place fire begins innocuously enough on a bright October morning in Oaks Quarry, Ohio. But the smoke-filled basement harbors a secret. By the time the clean-up crew discovers a flip-flop in the back corner of the coal bin, Ruthalice Michels, campus minister at a small Quaker college in the American Midwest, is busy dispensing daily doses of pastoral care to the residents of Emerick College while pursuing her own suspicions about the fire. Ruthalice uncovers a tangled web of secrets, illegal activities, accidents, and a moral dilemma. Can her usual blend of Spirit-led insights and common sense guide her to do what is right and expose a wrong?"--Back cover