Carol
G. Stratton has written for publications
that include InTouch magazine, CBN.com, and Kyria, two anthologies, Writing
so Heaven Will be Different and Extraordinary Answers to Prayers
(Guideposts) and has been interviewed on Moody Radio Midday Connection After
logging 22 moves with her
husband, four children and a dog, and hearing every moving joke (“Guess you’re moving cause you hate to clean
your house.” or, “Is the IRS is looking for you?”), she developed a website: www.ChangingZipCodes.com. The book
is an outgrowth the website and her passion to help people move while keeping
their families and humor intact.
Her book,
Changing Zip Codes, Finding Community Wherever You’re Transplanted is an outgrowth of the
website as her humorous and inspiring
stories will motivate anyone face a big transition in their life. This
forty-day devotional published by Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas, is
available at CBN.com.
Carol
has four grown children and two grandchildren. Currently she and her husband,
John, live in North Carolina where she speaks to MOPS and other women’s groups
while learning to love livermush.
About
the Book
As the moving van drives
off you have a knot in your stomach. You ask yourself, “Are we moving to a
better place? Will my children like their new school? Will I ever make
friends?” As someone who has moved over twenty-two times; this author
understand the fears and excitements of relocating and has grown a passion to
help families who need to change their zip code.
Sure to become a best-seller, Changing
Zip Codes: Finding Community Wherever You’re Transplanted is a forty-day
devotional full of wisdom and humor to encourage families and lift the spirits
of those finding themselves moving to a new home and potentially a new
lifestyle. Carol knows the stress of changing addresses as she has moved
twenty-two times with a husband, four children and a dog. She is the mover’s
cheerleader; her goal is to help women survive a move while keeping their
families and humor intact. Written for
those relocating, it is helpful for anyone facing big changes in their life.
This book would make an excellent gift for military families, realtors, and
churches who want to welcome newcomers into their community.
Available
through Amazon.com http://tinyurl.com/crf2yko
ISBN-10: 0984765557
ISBN-13: 978-0984765553
Your unique talent:
I can
click my tongue on top of the roof of my mouth and it sounds like Spanish
castanets.
Share something not many people know about you:
I
lived in Mexico City with a native family as part of a private exchange when I
was thirteen years old.
Are you a “pet person” or prefer no pets?
I'm a
dog lover. A few years ago we rescued a half Jack Russell and half Rat Terrier
that we rescued.(No, I don't mean we have two half dogs), She's quite sweet but
timid for a Jack.
Would you rather travel or stay at home?
I am
adventurous and love to get out and see things... hence, we have moved
frequently!
Do you read more or write more?
I used
to read a lot more but now writing takes center stage in my priorities.
Prefer cake or pie?
Give
me lemon meringue pie any day!
Would, or do, ride a motorcycle or prefer to ride/drive a
car?
We
were in a terrible accident where our car flipped so I'm happier with more
metal around me when I travel.
Bus or taxi or walk?
I love
to walk if the weather is nice.
Are you part of a big church congregation or a small church?
A
small church. I think there's much more fellowship in small communities.
Do you like to telephone people or prefer to use e-mail?
I love
to talk.... so naturally I used the phone a lot unless I'm in the middle of a
project.
Are you happy or joyful?
Happy,
and occasionally morose. Overall I'm an optimist with bouts of negative
thinking.
Do you eat at home or eat out?
I love
to cook but getting out of the house is a treat.
Listen to music or prefer quiet?
Music.
Prefer sunrises or sunsets?
Sunsets.
I'm not a morning person but somehow got elected to make coffee in the
morning....hmmmm didn't see that in the contract.
Changing
Zip Codes: Finding Community Wherever You're Transplanted, is a
forty-day guide to help movers. Published by Lighthouse Publishing of the
Carolinas.
Available
through Amazon.com http://tinyurl.com/crf2yko
Web site: http://www.ChangingZipCodes.com
Web site: http://www.ChangingZipCodes.com
Author
page: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B007N7NZ1O
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