![]() We offer a full line of quality spa services from Massages, body wraps, facials, to manicures and pedicures. Our goal is to provide a calm, relaxing, environment while maintaining a friendly, inviting, homey atmosphere for all. Serene Spaces was developed by the vision of Kelly & Brian Pettit to bring a true day spa experience to Fayette County. ![]() We’re available whenever your mind, body and spirit demand to be relaxed, rejuvenated, or renewed… Madelyn Wiley, Christian Book Previews.Now you can enjoy the spa life style any time while staying close to home. I was sorely disappointed to find the entire book nothing but milk, perhaps even baby formula, for a reader craving hearty meat. When reading a Christian novel, I excitedly await to learn something new about faith or to expand my perspective on Christ. Having never read the first book, it took me several chapters to understand certain characters or situations. ![]() An easy book to read nonetheless, it was unfortunately made complicated in that several times events that had already taken place in the first book were not clearly explained. Even with make-ups and resolutions, it seemed more like a fall or winter with all the icy tensions. The ceaseless fighting of Kim and Derek caused me to wonder how this was the summertime of their marriage. Not only was I left starving for creative plots, characters, and dialogues, I also found a theme contradictive to the placed title and purpose of the book.Ī recurring theme of hypocritical Christians did not seem to relate much to this supposed fun and safe theme of the book. I ignored cliché after cliché and grew almost desperate for something original. Keeping this in mind while reading, I expected to see it demonstrated by the main couple of the book. With springtime marriage, everything is new and fresh, and then it eases into the fun and safe times of summer. In this second installment of The Seasons of Marriage series, the co-authors aim to illustrate the summer of marriage. Gossiping old women of the town only add to the marital doldrums and triteness of the entire plot. So, his mother, Miranda, officially moves in, and criticizes Kim on every aspect of her lifestyle and insists on innocent intentions in every crisis. A mysterious drowning has water patrolman Derek Finley obsessed with his work. ![]() In order to help the situation, none other than the mother-in-law moves in. Lydia hates not being the center of attention and lashes out, insistent on being just like her best friend, who supposedly gets away with everything from dating boys to using gaudy makeup to wearing shorts to church. Luke has recently been diagnosed with diabetes, putting Kim into a frenzied panic. Derek is the stepfather of the twins and finds himself in a constant battle against the never-ending, Youre not my real father routine. Main characters, Kim and Derek Finley, along with their ten-year-old twins, Lydia and Luke, find themselves stuck in a continual swirling vortex of clichés. Does this sound like a relaxing summer breeze? Such is the scene in Summer Breeze by psychologist Gary Chapman and author Catherine Palmer. A small town where relentless gossip spreads faster than a manically sugar-crazed two-year-old with a bag of candies and chocolates. Cold, cruel words from an unsympathetic mouth.
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