title: To Mum, Gifts from Your Soul: Gifts that Inspire Love and Gratitude
author:  Lexa Harpell 
description: <i>Lexa Harpell'sbook is a sweet ode. <b>Her mother's imminent 90th birthday saw the dark grey-clouds of dementia looming,...</b> A desperate need to recollect all those fragmented memories of the past washed over her - preserving childhood years and adult sensibility - became her sole focus, racing against the reality that illnesses like dementia can bring. <br />Carefully selected black and white images of days gone past fill the pages, as do Harpell's gratitude filled prose.</i> <b><i>by Leona Devaz</i></b><br /><br /><i>....<b>It's an enchanting idea and a great way to bind all those precious moments into one heart-warming place.</b></i> <b><i>by Leona Devaz</i></b><br /><br /><i>.....the book is a handy resource tool to sit down with older children (there's blank lined pages), talk a walk down your own memory lane. <b>by Leona Devaz</b> <br /><br />.....as Harpell will now attest, undertaking a project like this can produce something that is really timeless and a rewarding journey.</i> <b><i>by Leona Devaz</i></b>
zlib_text: Contents
  Cover
  Title Page
  Evergreen Love
  Dedication
  Featured Characters
  1
  2
  3
  4
  5
  6
  7
  8
  9
  10
  Holiday of Hope
  Dedication
  Epigraph
  1
  2
  3
  4
  5
  6
  7
  8
  9
  
  10
  11
  12
  13
  Wreathed in Joy
  Dedication
  Prologue
  1
  2
  3
  4
  5
  6
  7
  8
  Epilogue
  A Christmas Prayer
  Dedication
  Epigraph
  1
  2
  3
  4
  5
  6
  7
  8
  Discussion Questions
  Acknowledgments
  Glossary
  About the Authors
  Copyright
  
  Evergreen Love
  
  Dedication
  With love and appreciation for Zac Weikal and the members of my Bakery
  Bunch
  
  1
  Lorene lifted her head after a silent prayer and surveyed the supper table,
  set with her father’s favorite meal. Mamm had made breaded pork chops,
  mashed potatoes, green beans, and homemade applesauce for Dat almost
  weekly, and for the last four years, Lorene had believed continuing that gift
  of love was the right thing to do.
  But now Dat looked at her with a familiar sadness, and for the first time,
  she had second thoughts.
  “Danki for making all this, Lorene.” He was only in his late fifties, but he
  seemed to have aged at least a decad