{"id":3585,"date":"2022-11-23T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T16:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.pelicanbookgroup.com\/?p=3585"},"modified":"2023-05-26T09:14:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T15:14:02","slug":"the-story-behind-christmas-at-whispering-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/the-story-behind-christmas-at-whispering-creek\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story Behind \u201cChristmas at Whispering Creek\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">From Pinecones to Prosthetics: The Story Behind \u201cChristmas at Whispering Creek\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">By Barbara M. Britton<\/p>\n<p>We have a large evergreen tree on our property that drops a lot of pinecones. My job is to pick up the pinecones, so they do not kill the lawn. The evergreen scent reminds me of Christmas while I labor in the yard. Thoughts of a Christmas story lingered in my head. Since I write mostly Biblical Fiction, I pondered the Biblical narrative from the Bible to see if a storyline caught my attention.<\/p>\n<p>During that time, I received phone calls from friends. These weren\u2019t pleasant catch-up calls, but ones in which friends revealed a breast cancer diagnosis. At the time of this post, I am over six years cancer-free. Praise God! I bestowed any wisdom I had gathered from my cancer journey to my friends.<\/p>\n<p>Was I meant to write a Christmas story that highlighted the storm damage from cancer? How would readers react, and how could I make it a romance? Cautiously, I sat down and wrote \u201cChristmas at Whispering Creek.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As I finished Cole and Samantha\u2019s story, I felt compelled to add a brief synopsis of my breast cancer journey at the end of the novel. Having my journey at the end would answer readers\u2019 questions on why I created a twenty-three-year-old teacher who had lost a breast to cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Cancer can be a weighty subject. I think you will find enough humor and love in this book to balance the cancer talk. The verses in Philippians that Samantha and Cole share are the ones I clung to during my trips to the hospital. God is faithful. Both Samantha and I can rejoice that we are cancer-free. That is one of the best Christmas gifts I have ever received. I am sure Samantha would say the same.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What is an extraordinary Christmas gift that you received?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/ec\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;products_id=1589\">Pelican Book Group<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3586\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.pelicanbookgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChristmasAtWhisperingCreek_w13197_680-181x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChristmasAtWhisperingCreek_w13197_680-181x300.jpg 181w, https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChristmasAtWhisperingCreek_w13197_680-363x600.jpg 363w, https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChristmasAtWhisperingCreek_w13197_680.jpg 411w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Pinecones to Prosthetics: The Story Behind \u201cChristmas at Whispering Creek\u201d By Barbara M. Britton We have a large evergreen tree on our property that drops a lot of pinecones. My job is to pick up the pinecones, so they do not kill the lawn. 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