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http://www.tatepublishing.com/bookstore/book.php?w=9781621470090
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I’ve been pouring over my proof copy of SALSA! The Taste of Life, my new book coming out soon to your local bookstores. It occurred to me that I am in a great place in my life right now ! Then this song popped in my head and so I had to share it with you, my amazing audience. So now I’ll get back to some more weeding out of last minute typos! HAPPY LABOR DAY 
I was checking the mail today and just guess what I received? The proof copy for my new book came to my door! I am speechless and elated and I had to share with you how the book will look. The process is nearing completion folks. I have 30 days to run through my book with a fine tooth comb and weed out any more typos. So far so good; my girls volunteered to lend me their eyes and so we have 4 pairs of eyes looking through it. Do you think we’ll miss anything? I hope not Thankfully they all love to read! Oh yes, the ones I still home school will receive school credit for having helped and of course a big hug, kiss and many thanks for their time goes to Elena, Esther and Raxy!!!
HAPPY FATHERS DAY!! Enjoy your day guys 
My first picture for today was posted on my Facebook wall by my youngest daughter.. I dedicate this to all you moms out there who have to take on a double role..I salute you ladies
DID I DO THAT?!
-EVA SANTIAGO copyright 2012
HE NAMED HER ROSE
-EVA SANTIAGO copyright 2012
Image by swarna rajan - 50K views - thank you all!!! via Flickr
Here it is! My last song, I dedicate it to YOU, my dear readers whom I appreciate so very much. We just opened up our loot under the tree and I hope wherever you are, you are cozy and blessed. Spread the warmth, share the love, it’s CHRISTmas!
Today’s song makes me shiver and shed a few tears every single time I hear it. So I have to post 2 versions of “Oh Come All Ye Faithful“. One for contemporary folks by Casting Crowns. Nat King Cole‘s version for the more tradition oriented. I enjoyed listening to both so I had to do them both. I also want to share a Christmas poem I wrote and I hope you enjoy it. Sit in front of a fire and ponder on how much you are loved today. If you happen to find yourself alone, let me remind you, none of us are really ever alone because there is One who promised never to leave us or forsake us.
CHRISTMAS PRESENT
Christmas presents all wrapped in bright festive colors;
awating their big day,
holding secrets and they can’t wait.
Fashionably attired in dazzling bows and ribbons that sparkle and glitter.
The days dwindle,anticipation mounts.
The boxes under the tree; pregnant with good news,
they alone know the treaures they hold.
LIVE each day as a Christmas gift!
You never know when your time comes.
Wake up every morning, face your day
with the same child like joy
of a kid on Christmas morn’.
Stop looking back on your past gifts,
you’ve been there, done that.
Time to move on…live today in the present…
it truly is your one and only present.
The gifts of the future remain under the tree of life,
to be opened at a later date;
tomorrrow’s presents bring hope for today.
So wise up and get to steppin’!
Don’t live your now fretting over your past because it’s been opened;
nor about your future because you’ve yet to unwrap it.
Live this very day: Go! Tear up the paper, don’t save the bow,
it’s what’s inside that matters,
that’s what’s yours to hold.
“Merry Christmas!”
Eva Santiago Copyright 2010
It’s down to 2 days my dear readers! Today’s song pick had to reflect the post I wrote for today. As you watch this video and listen to this beautiful version of “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” may The TRUE Spirit of Christmas come to find a resting place in your heart. Rejoice in the season but more importantly, rejoice in HIS love!
I wrote this a couple of years ago and I’m posting it here for you in the hopes that you too may know the One, the TRUE Spirit of Christmas
I thought I did not know what The Christmas Spirit was. For years I had gone through the motions and wondered what the big fuss was all about. On the first week of December (2009), I could not sleep,tossing and turning about in my bed much like the main character of the movie “Castaway”
when he was on the vast ocean on a tiny raft he created by himself. I am not an insomniac so my sleeplessness was beyond my understanding.
After a while, my daughter Elena came to my bedside and she asked me if I wanted to talk. By now it was around 1 am and I didn’t want to keep her up because school would be rough for her the next day. Finally I consented after she reassured me that I she would be fine. Then we began to talk about Christmas and what it signifies to different people. She pointed out that she noticed that I love celebrating other holidays but that at Christmas, “Your spark goes out, Mama.” Well,here I had to stop for a second and realize my 15-year-old was reading my mail. UGH. So then I decided to face it head on and I admitted to both of us that she was perceiving correctly.
Elena proceeded to tell me that as she had read my book,
As Clear As Claire Gets,she noticed that Christmas for me as a child was never about me but about everyone else. I winced as I let the full impact of her words penetrate through to that wounded part of my heart. I cried a while as she held me and then I felt the burden lift. I thanked her for being there for me and we both went to sleep.
The next morning that precious girl had left me a beautiful note written on an index card for me. She was pledging to make it her goal this season to help me feel the Christmas Spirit. She informed me that she would employ the help of her dad and her siblings to help her achieve this goal. I wept as I hugged her close to me.
Then I realized, I DO know The Christmas Spirit; I live with Him everyday of my life. You see, God‘s Spirit IS The Christmas Spirit and He dwells in my home and in the hearts of all my family members 365 days a year. What I find sad is that most people only allow God’s Spirit to touch them once a year at Christmas time.
Come on folks! This year when you pack away all of your Christmas ornaments
and store them in your garage ,attic or basement, don’t put God’s Spirit in there and forget about Him until next December. That Spirit of Christmas is the same yesterday,today and forever and his name is Jesus Christ and He is alive and well! He wants to dwell in your heart all through the year. Are you going to invite Him in all year round or just dust Him off and put Him on display for one month out of the year?
-EVA
My pick for today is “Adoration” by Newsboys. This band is one of my top 5 favorite groups because they tell a message that goes straight to the heart. This video is amazing, I hope you take the time to watch it. As time flies and you get ready for your holiday celebrations, I want yo to know how much I appreciate everyone that stops by to read my blog. Thank you to all of my readers from every place on the globe that drop in. May you feel love and great comfort today and through out the rest of the year. I look forward to posting more for your benefit and enjoyment. I wish you all my best in 2012!
This year let your gift giving not be out of mere obligation. When all the pretending stops,it gives way to real love. When we feign anything it is like eating imitation food.Think of it ,imitation vanilla is terrible.
The taste may resemble vanilla but it lacks the depth of flavor.
Same goes for imitation love; you are just going through the motions and you remain unsatisfied. Living in reality is the flavor,the zest of life because then and only then is love intensified and magnified and everyone around you,including yourself is nurtured and fed by it. Stay real!!
“Merry Christmas…Feliz Navidad to all of my family and friends!”
-Eva
” Stop buying things for people you can’t stand and that can’t stand you. Stop living your life trying to impress people “
-Joyce Meyer
