Mother's Day Celebrates Love

                    

  

This has been a wonderful two weeks of introducing A Symphony of Seasons, visiting many terrific blogs and reading the special comments made at each one. I am concluding with a Mother's Day poem from the book in honor of all mothers. Hope you have an opportunity to show your love to your mother, or if, like me, your mother has passed on, to enjoy fond memories.

Mother’s Day Celebrates Love

As we journey through the year
To the second Sunday in May,
We rejoice in the love of one so dear
As we celebrate Mother’s Day.

We honor our mother’s devotion,
Her tenderness and care,
Filled with a love as deep as the ocean,
Thoughtful and willing to share.

Her guidance and gentle direction
Helped us to do what we should,
By example and with her correction
We learned that we ought to be good.

Remembering our mothers on this date,
Whether together or far apart,
We are thankful as we celebrate
Her special place in each heart.

excerpt from A Symphony of Seasons

If you missed any of the posts, here is a list of the blogs that participated and a link to each one. Please feel free to visit and leave a comment to receive entries to the prize drawings for each comment on a different blog. Be sure to contact me at conarnold@gmail.com or visit my website to order your signed copy of  A Symphony of Seasons and receive your free gift. Details of gift and prizes are on my Blog Tour beginning post.


RPJ Blog  Song of Spring

Journal of Faith  A Year's Journey

Heading Home  devotion, Seasons of Life

Random Thoughts  4 seasons photos, summer poem and giveaway

Melodies and Hymnsongs  video of seasons

Stuff Could Always Be Worse   A Song to be Sung

Every Day With Jesus  review
          
 Empowering Christian Women  For the Beauty of the Earth video and seasons scriptures

Connie Arnold, Children's Author  Children Enjoying Summer

The Surrendered Scribe  interview

I will be posting tomorrow, Saturday, May 12, the winners of the two prizes and the winner of a copy of A Symphony of Seasons on Random Thoughts blog.

A Symphony of Seasons Blog Tour

 It's my great pleasure to announce the release of my new poetry book, A Symphony of Seasons, published by RPJ and Company. It has themes of music and the seasons, like a symphony with various movements, harmoniously weaving together through the cycle of the seasons.

Each of the seasons has its harmony,
with various melodies raising,
As a natural reaction that is expressed
when lives formed by God are praising.

A two week blog book tour begins on May 1, and the blogs hosting each stop are listed below. There will be drawings at the end of the tour for two prizes.

One prize is a Vivaldi Four Seasons CD and the other is a hummingbird suncatcher windchime.

Enter the drawing for these two prizes by leaving a comment below. Additional entries can be earned for comments left on the blogs listed below during the tour, for following this blog, and for sharing this post or any of the posts during the tour on Facebook or Twitter (be sure to post a comment here when you do that so you'll get your extra entries).

You will receive a free gift with your purchase of a signed copy of A Symphony of Seasons from me during this tour, a beautiful framed season photo with one of my verses on it. A beautiful gift for Mother's Day, graduation or other special occasion! Photos are by photographer Gary Strader.

 Purchase book on my website or email me at conarnold(at)gmail(dot)com if you'd like me to send you an invoice to pay with credit card, debit card or check. Be sure to let me know how to personalize the book and which season you prefer for your free gift.

A Symphony of Seasons is also available from RPJ and Company or Amazon and ebook special offer from Smashwords through May 31 of $3.25 using coupon code QX77N. You can also view several pages of the book on Smashwords and read a few poems.

Tour Schedule:

Tuesday, May 1 - RPJ Blog  Song of Spring

Wednesday, May 2 - Journal of Faith  A Year's Journey

Thursday, May 3 - Heading Home  devotion, Seasons of Life

Friday, May 4 - Random Thoughts  4 seasons photos, summer poem and giveaway

Saturday, May 5 - Melodies and Hymnsongs  video of seasons

Monday, May 7 - Stuff Could Always Be Worse  A Song to be Sung

Tuesday, May 8 - Every Day With Jesus  review
               
 Empowering Christian Women  For the Beauty of the Earth video and seasons scriptures

Wednesday, May 9 - Connie Arnold, Children's Author  Children Enjoying Summer

Thursday, May 10 - The Surrendered Scribe  interview

Friday, May 11 - Blog conclusion, prize drawings

Saturday, May 12 - Inspirational Poetry of Joy and Peace  announcement of prize winners