The Paths We Walk Trails
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The ping was ordinary and not unexpected by any of the four very busy ladies. E-mails regularly entered their inboxes and were read and deleted or saved and pondered as the need dictated. However, this e-mail, while disappointing in its contents, would lead to more changes than any of them would have dreamed. In fact, it was an e-mail that would change everything.
Anne Greeley stood in the hallway of a doctor’s office with a box of client files propped on one hip. She tugged her phone out of her purse at the sound of her incoming e-mail swoosh. Expecting it to be an announcement from her employer about a new drug in their pharmaceutical lineup, she was surprised to see it was from the church. She frowned as she thumbed open the e-mail. The ladies’ Bible study wasn’t due to start for another two weeks, and she wasn’t on any other church e-mail list, preferring to get her information from the bulletin or the webpage since it was on her work account.
“Oh no!” she gasped as she read the e-mail. Muriel Hartwig, who had led the Bible study for the past three years, had had an emergency bypass surgery after going to the ER with chest pains the night before. Anne figured the lady’s age to be around sixty, given that all of the study participants except herself and three others were in their late fifties or older. The ladies’ Bible study was being placed on hold while Muriel recovered, which also left the fall retreat up in the air since that group had always organized and hosted it.
Anne said a quick prayer for Muriel’s smooth transition from the hospital to rehab and then later home. She hated that Muriel was in pain and wished her all the best. The older lady was the reason Anne now had three of her closest friends. Jess, Lindsay, Deli, and Anne all attended the same church but either in different services or, in Deli’s case, so intermittently due to work obligations, they wouldn’t recognize one another, especially given Deli’s frequently changing hair color.
Muriel’s Bible study brought them all together on Tuesday nights. In spite of their differing marital statuses, work histories, and interests, the four ladies, all in their late thirties, had become fast friends and met at least once a month—or whenever their schedules allowed—for coffee or even a girls’ afternoon. Anne would be forever indebted to Muriel and her Bible study.
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About the Book
Set in Fairhope, Alabama, and the beach resort area of Scenic Highway 30A in Florida’s panhandle, four thirty-something ladies support each other through the triumphs and hard decisions of life. When their own ladies’ retreat is canceled by the sudden illness of its veteran coordinator, Deli, Jess, Anne, and Lindsay travel to Seaside, Florida, for a local church’s meeting on biblical reflection and meditation. The verses they study bring unexpected insights into their relationships with God, their families, and even themselves.
Single ladies, Deli and Jess, gain greater insight into what it means to be a part of a godly relationship. Deli battles her abuse history and takes a step of faith toward a future she never imagined could be hers. Jess, on the other hand, struggles to come to terms with her failing three-year relationship with a man who has little interest in God and faith. Meanwhile, Anne and Lindsay confront issues of motherhood. Anne’s pre-teen daughter has begun a slow descent into silence and moodiness leading Anne to question her long-held beliefs about parenting. Lindsay has her own questions, but with two young daughters now both school-aged, hers is a battle of mother’s guilt against a possible return to her first love: a career in law.
Their questions are our questions. Their journeys are our journeys. Come join them as they discover their own answers and God’s plan for their lives on The Paths We Walk.
About the Author
Felicia Ferguson is a proud local of Florida’s panhandle resort area of Scenic Highway 30A. Inspired by her surroundings and the ladies in her church small group, she created her debut novel as the first of a series of four books. When she’s not writing, she enjoys playing with her French bulldogs, gardening, and living the 30A dream.