Comments on: A Modern-day Fairy Tale

By: Laura Frantz

Laura Frantz — Tue, 15 May 2018 14:06:38 +0000

In reply to Mary Jill Coombs. Beautifully said as always, dear Mary Jill. 💛 Come, Lord Jesus, come!

By: Mary Jill Coombs

Mary Jill Coombs — Tue, 15 May 2018 00:20:36 +0000

Till we meet At Jesus’s Feet! Can’t Wait for Bound Hearts !
! Waiting seems The only real deal for me these days Waiting For His Coming!!!!!

By: Laura Frantz

Laura Frantz — Fri, 04 May 2018 20:53:49 +0000

In reply to Mary Jill Coombs. Prayers with Joshua and mom Michelle and you, too, Jill! Such a huge turning point. I admire our military so much. Like Joshua, Paul will be away 6 months. They'll be so busy training they probably won't have time to be homesick but we'll sure miss them! So appreciate your thoughts as we shift gears here. It's been a whirlwind of a year so far with many things unspoken here (death in the family, terrible diagnosis, etc.) which you understand all too well but God is so faithful and heaven is better! Enjoy your time away from your beautiful island. That ferry hop reminds me of Seattle and the San Juan Islands. God bless you, friend, till we meet up again!

By: Mary Jill Coombs

Mary Jill Coombs — Fri, 04 May 2018 15:19:04 +0000

Dear Laura. Once Upon A Time and Fairy Tales .and Castles and Finally they Lived Happy ever after!!!!!!! are a big part of who I am but as I have learned in my life These are truly only in Christ!!! I am so happy for you that you get to experience on your trip to England I pray you are so blessed on this trip and that the Lord goes before you and comes behind as you Travel! Can’t wait to hear about it all when you return! I see your son Paul is the same age as my grandson Joshua and he is just signing up for the marines after Graduation and at some time He will be away from my Daughter Michelle for 6months without being able to communicate with his family for 6 months !! She can’t even think about it!! I am going off island for a few days so have to catch the ferry Glad I did’n t miss you before your trip God Be With You My dear friend!

By: Laura Frantz

Laura Frantz — Thu, 03 May 2018 20:47:53 +0000

In reply to Stephanie. Stephanie, Love knowing your personal history here. Almost landed in England, yes! I think when you do go you'll appreciate it all the more. I'm wishing when I'd gone to Italy (Venice) and then Russia that I'd really understand how amazing those places are. As a twenty-something, all that kind of went out of my blonde head! So much respect for your father and those in the military like him. Our son, 18 yo Paul, just signed on with the KY National Guard last fall and we ship him out for 6 months in exactly one month. Hats off to our amazing military!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 03 May 2018 19:28:14 +0000

My father was a career military man. When I was six years old, my father received orders to go to England, but at the last minute the orders were switched to go to Italy. Now I’m not complaining about living in southern Italy instead, but I have always, always, wanted to visit England, and I wonder if part of it was because I almost lived there. Maybe someday God will grant the wish to visit. I know I’ve traveled more than some, and am thankful for those oppprtunities.
It sounds like you have some lovely memories from your time there.

By: Laura Frantz

Laura Frantz — Tue, 01 May 2018 23:46:57 +0000

In reply to Deborah Volz.

Dear Deb! Thrilled to actually visit with you here:) Feel like I get you all to myself! And that’s a very fine thing. Was just thinking how I’d love to see all our tour ladies and Liz on a Scotland tour again. When I got her recent newsletter mailing about joining her in the Lowlands, I nearly fainted. But alas, she was talking about her nonfiction work set there which I have and love! Love our shared excitement over the royal wedding. Like your friends, I watched a British commentator this morning who wasn’t pro-monarchy. Am sure there are many reasons behind that. She even called the royal family dysfunctional which made me chuckle! I think wearing crowns and robes and such in this day and age would make you a bit eccentric if nothing else :). LOVE your memories of your Cotswold trip with your dear daughter. 2 weeks is wonderful! What I’d give for a cup of Scottish or English tea about now.
Facebook is good at hiding all sorts of friends from me now, too. Sigh. But we will secretly meet elsewhere. Love and hugs to you, dear friend! And please keep on posting those wonderful IG photos!!

By: Deborah Volz

Deborah Volz — Tue, 01 May 2018 20:04:57 +0000

Hi Laura! I’ve missed seeing you come across my FB pg! I went looking and here you are! Writing about all things lovely. . How fortunate to go to this palatial palace for schooling and to live! Somebody knew you were destined to be a writer or at least they honed in on something they knew you were interested in….but I’d say definitely a God thing. After all, we know He directs our paths (if only we’d listen). You did as evidenced by your own romantic writings.
I too have always had an affinity for England and the royal families. Have so enjoyed @The Crown” and “Victoria”….how could we not after visiting Balmoral! I have gotten up very early, prepared my tea and scone and watched all the weddings since Princess Anne’s. Of course, Diana & Charles (so sad), then Andrew & Fergie, (also sad), but Prince Edward ( I think married happily ever after)!
And now we have seen Prince William marry (prettiest wedding & bride ever) and Harry’s upcoming nuptials … I have English friends who don’t necessarily agree that the Monarchy is a good thing, but putting politics aside, I love a good fairytale and will enjoy it for as long as I can! My daughter and I spent two weeks traveling England…sipping tea in all the tiny towns in the Cotswolds. Being left-handed, I drove all over the countryside as though I too had once lived there. My daughter who was married but no children at the time was sure I’d been there before!
Anyway, Laura, I’m right with you on May 19th. Glad to see you here again. Gotta catch up…see you at the wedding!

By: Laura Frantz

Laura Frantz — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 00:29:00 +0000

In reply to Michelle.

Then I will rise and shine at 4 am with you 🙂 Fun to think of you watching from your woods like me! Guess I will have plenty of tea and try to make these scones I’ll post soon. But honestly, I have to figure out if I can livestream it online first.

Good for you getting those Plaidy books on sale! I did the same with George MacDonald not long ago. And I must check out Penman’s books. Something about those Welsh princes…! Thanks for the recc:)

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 29 Apr 2018 01:47:00 +0000

According to my Facebook memories from today, I was planning to get up at 4 am for Williiam and Kate’s wedding, so I’m sorta expecting the same for this one. At least now it’ll be easier, since I am up at that time for work anyway.

I’ve not watched the History channel Frontiersman series yet either. I have cable, but I couldn’t stay up until 11 pm to watch it, and I had trouble signing in to the website from my kindle. Oh well, I’m sure it’ll show up on netflix or amazon prime sooner or later. I really, really want to see the Lewis and Clark episode.

I have been slowly purchasing the Plaidy books that are available on kindle, right now I have 11 of them, most of which were bought when they were $2.99 or less. I read some of them as a teenager. I remember really liking the ones about Charles II. I’d love to read Plaidy’s series on the Plantagenet kings and queens, but the majority of those are not available on kindle, and right now I have limited book storage space. Alas, I also think Plaidy’s books would fall well short of Sharon Kay Penman’s books on the Plantagenet kings and Welsh princes.