My Funny Valentine
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About the Author
Judith Laik grew up in Tacoma, Washington. Back in those days, she couldn’t wait to shake the pulp mill stench and small-town atmosphere and head for the big city of Seattle. Fortunately or unfortunately, she was too young to remember World War II, but she is a dedicated fan of music from that era. Visit Judith at her website, Facebook, or Twitter.
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Sentimental Journey
First in the World War II Series:
When a Hero Comes Marching Home
by Judith Laik
Available on Amazon
Eve Larson puts on a happy face for her fiancé on their last evening together, hiding her terror for the future as he marches off to war. When the unthinkable happens, she resigns herself to a lonely life without Howie. But a blue moon offers hope love can be restored.
Howard Murphy promises he’ll come back to Eve and pledges his undying love before he leaves her to fight in the war. When his plane goes down off the coast of England, it seems he has no choice but to break his promise. Could their faithful hearts offer a second chance for the lovers?
Excerpt
Sentimental Journey
by Judith Laik
Tacoma, Washington, March 1942
It was their last night together. Eve Larson stood in front of the romantic nightclub, the Spanish Castle, with its white crenellated turrets. She linked her arm through Howard Murphy’s, their elbows cushioned by her wool coat and his uniform sleeve. With conscious effort she held lightly to her fiancé, not clinging, not begging him to stay with her.
She took a deep breath and renewed her vow to tuck her terror deep inside until after he had shipped out in the morning. Thoughts of what might happen to him in the midst of war wouldn’t intrude into her mind. She’d show Howard the picture of gaiety and confidence so he could leave with no worries for her.
Howard purchased their admissions and they passed inside, engulfed in the happy, danceable music from the big band in the main room. Eve removed her coat and handed it to the coat check girl. She picked her way through the crowd at the Spanish Castle, leading her fiancé to the dance floor.
He took her hand and swung her into the Lindy. Frankie Roth’s band played Pennsylvania 6-5000, an upbeat, loud Glenn Miller tune. Eve hoped the band played lighthearted songs all night. The cheery expression she plastered on her face would slip if they played a poignant ballad. Howard spun her around, flaring out the skirt of her teal rayon dress. She smiled each time he turned her to face him.
The band segued into Tuxedo Junction. Every twirl in Howie’s arms carried the heavenly scent from the gardenia corsage he’d given her. When he pulled her close, she could smell his aftershave, cool and outdoorsy.
She intended to make the most of this magical evening, building special memories for them both to keep.
And coming soon:
I’ll Walk Alone
Third in the World War II Series:
When a Hero Comes Marching Home
by Judith Laik
When Carmen Johnson’s husband died in battle, she felt as if her own life was over. The need to care for her young son keeps her going. Her work at a shipyard gives her the feeling she is contributing to the war, and the graveyard shift helps her get through the lonely nights. She’s determined that love will never enter her life again.
Garrett Wainwright IV, from a long line of Navy career officers, is taking command of his first ship, which is in dry-dock for repairs. When he happens upon a redheaded lady welder, sparks fly. He has never failed in any endeavor, but will he fail to convince her they are meant for each other?
Around the Circle Gently
Reading this unique quote book is like sitting in on a conversation with such a diverse collection of people as Benjamin Spock, Anna Quindlen, Candice Bergen, Mahatma Gandhi, Fred (Mr.) Rogers, Bill Cosby, Amelia Earhart, Mother Teresa, Dr. Seuss, and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Topics include pregnancy and birth; raising children; being a parent; relationships with spouses, families, and other loved ones; the "golden years" after the children are grown; and coming to grips with old age and death. Lynn Moen and Judy Laik have collected more than 1000 quotes -- wise, witty or touching that shine a light on how our relationships enrich, enhance, and complicate our lives. Learn more about Around the Circle Gently at the ATCG blog.
Excerpt of Around the Circle Gently
Beginnings
Love
Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.
- Robert A. Heinlein
Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction.
- Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Through loving each other as we did, we offered a mirror, one to the other, through which to see ourselves in whole new ways.
- Carol Lemieux
Marriage
Marriage is not just spiritual communion and passionate embraces; marriage is also three meals a day, sharing the workload and remembering to carry out the trash.
- Joyce Brothers
After ecstasy, the laundry.
- Zen Saying
In a successful marriage, there is no such thing as one's way. There is only the way of both, only the bumpy, dusty, difficult, but always mutual path!
- Phyllis McGinley
Why do fairy tales always end with the prince and princess marrying? . . . Did Cinderella ever wake up in the morning to the cry of her baby, feeling as evil and fussy as her stepsisters?
- Angela Barron McBride
Infancy
Babies Are . . .
A Baby is God's opinion that the world should go on. Never will a time come when the most marvelous recent invention is as marvelous as a newborn baby.
- Carl Sandburg
There was a star danced and under that was I born.
- William Shakespeare
She blinks her newborn eyes open and looks at you. With that look you know, you just know, . . . as long as you live, you will never not care what happens to this person.
- Paddy O'Brien
How can he be three months old when he was just born yesterday, and we've had him forever?
- Judi Shufelt Best
Other Works from Judy Laik
The Mysterious Delaneys in A Horse’s Tale
Under Whose Influence?
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Libbetty
The Lady Is Mine
The Lady in Question
Table of Contents
About My Funny Valentine
My Funny Valentine
Copyright
Historical Notes
About the Author
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