tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239777758041758272011-07-30T17:31:57.892-07:00God in Action: "Recipes For A Beautiful Life"http://www.blogger.com/profile/10530281232665310935noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123977775804175827.post-44861871980884009832010-03-07T22:59:00.003-08:002010-03-17T20:34:57.467-07:00<meta name="Title" content=""> <meta name="Keywords" content=""> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <div style="text-align: center;"><link rel="File-List" href="file://localhost/Users/chipkeye/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_filelist.xml"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dCEo9k6-lJ8/S53DXQs5EeI/AAAAAAAAABA/gGx5aomQ-5Y/s1600-h/cover2.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 291px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dCEo9k6-lJ8/S53DXQs5EeI/AAAAAAAAABA/gGx5aomQ-5Y/s320/cover2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448725928575832546" border="0" /></a> <br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >Welcome to the Recipes for a Beautiful Life Blog! We will be discussing various topics related to our book, Recipes for a Beautiful Life, and much more. For more information about our book, please visit us at our <a href="http://www.recipesforabeautifullifebook.com/" target="_blank">Recipes For a Beautiful Life</a> book website. <br />Thanks for visiting! <br /> <br /> <br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">We are two Jewish women</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">(one of whom became a Christian not that long ago) and are trying to help people cope with everyday stresses using God’s beauty through photography, bible verses, relaxation and natural spa treatments. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">As authors and individuals, we are similar in many ways, having known each other since we were eleven years old.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">However, </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">we also see life from different perspectives.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The Bible was not something either of us grew up with.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Family life wasn’t easy.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Our mothers were wonderful, but our fathers were extremely difficult, leaving us with poor self-images, which took many years to overcome. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">We were a source of strength and comfort for one another as we dealt with our growing pains.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">In spite of all our difficulties, we were lucky to have been given a wonderful set of values that we were able to use over the years, with ourselves and others. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Julie moved to Manhattan when she was eighteen, and Madaline lived in the suburbs, but worked in the city and spent most of her time there as well.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">We discovered The Village, boys, the HB acting studio, the upper Westside and traveling here and in Europe.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Julie became a film editor, and Madaline did work in television commercials and office administration.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">She then married.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">What a mess!</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">(But she did have 2 beautiful children).</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">She came out of it stronger than ever.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Julie put her career first and waited till she found the right guy to marry.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">He was six years younger, but he was right.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Then, we discovered the Bible. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">It was eye opening.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">It helped us deal with many complex situations and guided us with a quiet confidence and peace in ways that we had never before experienced.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">When you feel that you have been given so much, you want to share it with others.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">That is why we have written our book “<u>Recipes For A Beautiful Life</u>”. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">And that is why we are starting this Blog.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Thank you for visiting!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Sincerely,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >Madaline Hall and Julie Keye</span> <br /><!--EndFragment--> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/123977775804175827-4486187198088400983?l=recipesforabeautifullife.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>God in Action: "Recipes For A Beautiful Life"http://www.blogger.com/profile/10530281232665310935noreply@blogger.com0