Praise For Christmas: Praise Him Anyhow Series, #6
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A new baby, a wedding and an unexpected illness all collide to make this Christmas one that the Marshall-Thomas family will never forget.
Carmella Marshall-Thomas loves Christmas and all of the festivities and cookie baking that comes with it. When she is diagnosed with an illness that brings about a lifestyle change, her family begins praying for her health. But with Renee’s wedding a few days before Christmas and three unexpected babies popping up, Carmella is not the only member of the Marshall-Thomas family in need of prayer.
Spend this Christmas with the Marshall-Thomas family and rejoice with them as they praise God even as they go through some of the biggest challenges of their lives.
Vanessa Miller
Vanessa Miller is a best-selling author, playwright and motivational speaker. Vanessa’s novels have received rave reviews, with several appearing on Essence Magazine’s Bestseller List. Miller’s work has received numerous awards, including “Best Christian Fiction Mahogany Award” and the “Red Rose Award for Excellence in Christian Fiction.” Miller graduated from Capital University with a degree in Organizational Communication.
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Praise For Christmas - Vanessa Miller
Praise for Christmas
6th book in the
Praise Him Anyhow Series
by
Vanessa Miller
Other Books by Vanessa Miller
After the Rain
How Sweet The Sound
Heirs of Rebellion
Feels Like Heaven
Heaven on Earth
The Best of All
Better for Us
Her Good Thing
Long Time Coming
A Promise of Forever Love
A Love for Tomorrow
Yesterday’s Promise
Forgotten
Forgiven
Forsaken
Rain for Christmas (Novella)
Through the Storm
Rain Storm
Latter Rain
Abundant Rain
Former Rain
Anthologies (Editor)
Keeping the Faith
Have A Little Faith
This Far by Faith
Love. Hope. Faith.
EBOOKS
Love Isn’t Enough
A Mighty Love
The Blessed One (Blessed and Highly Favored series)
The Wild One (Blessed and Highly Favored Series)
The Preacher’s Choice (Blessed and Highly Favored Series)
The Politician’s Wife (Blessed and Highly Favored Series)
The Playboy’s Redemption (Blessed and Highly Favored Series)
Tears Fall at Night (Praise Him Anyhow Series)
Joy Comes in the Morning (Praise Him Anyhow Series)
A Forever Kind of Love (Praise Him Anyhow Series)
Ramsey’s Praise (Praise Him Anyhow Series)
Escape to Love (Praise Him Anyhow Series)
Praise For Christmas (Praise Him Anyhow Series)
His Love Walk (Praise Him Anyhow Series)
Could This Be Love (Praise Him Anyhow Series)
Song of Praise (Praise Him Anyhow Series)
Publisher’s Note:
This short story is a work of fiction. References to real events, organizations, or places are used in a fictional context. Any resemblances to actual persons, living or dead are entirely coincidental.
Vanessa Miller
www.vanessamiller.com
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© 2013 by Vanessa Miller
Praise Unlimited Enterprises
Charlotte, NC
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Chapter 1
Carmella Marshall-Thomas, leaned over to take a French vanilla cake out of the oven. The counter was now lined with three cakes for her step-daughter, Renee Thomas, soon to be Renee Morris, to sample.
Couldn’t I just have three different layers?
Renee asked with the fork in her hand. She had just sampled the chocolate fudge and the strawberry cake. Those two are delicious and I know I’m going to love this French vanilla also.
Taking the oven mitts off her hands, Carmella flexed her fingers and then began rubbing her hands. Well, you need to make a decision fast; your wedding is only three weeks away.
Tell me about it. I can hardly believe that Thanksgiving was last week. Everything is moving so fast.
Renee was about to sample the French vanilla, but as she glanced up at Carmella, she put her fork down and asked, Are you okay? Why do you keep rubbing your hands like that?
Carmella looked down at her hands. She hadn’t realized that she was rubbing her hands. She began flexing them as she answered, I’m trying to get some circulation going in them. They’ve been numbing up on me from time to time and a baker needs her hands.
I know that’s right. Those hands better not go numbing-up while you’re fixing my wedding cake.
Don’t worry. I’ll make sure this wedding cake is absolute perfection. I just have to face the fact that I’m getting older.
She lifted the eyeglasses that were hanging around her neck. I’ve even started using reading glasses.
I didn’t know you were having problems with your vision.
Every now and then things look a little blurry. But these reading glasses work wonders.
Have you had your eyes checked recently?
Renee asked as she bit into the French vanilla cake.
I haven’t gone to the eye doctor, but I just had my annual physical.
Carmella waved away thoughts of one more appointment in the middle of all that she had to do in the next few weeks. I’m fine. Can’t expect to have the same twenty-twenty vision in my fifties like I had in my thirties.
Oh my goodness, Mama Carmella this French vanilla cake is the bomb.com, as Tamar Braxton would say.
So it sounds like you’ve made a decision.
Well I think French vanilla is the winner, but I’m going to take a piece of each cake to Jay to see if he agrees with me.
"Smart girl. I love the fact that you are thinking about Jay during this process. Because if you remember nothing else I tell you, please remember this... a beautiful wedding means nothing if the marriage