The Yummy List

Nashville, TN: One of my favorite monthly emails that pops into my inbox and is *almost* deleted, until I realize who it's from, is "The Yummy List." Writer and publicist, Holly Gleason, gathers a multitude of big and little things in the world that could be considered "yummy." Books, Songs, Food, Feelings, Ideas, Smells... if it makes you feel warm & fuzzy, if it makes you stop & think, if it makes you laugh or cry... Holly has a way of bringing it to life with her emotional descriptions and wondrous insightfulness.

This month's list included a moving summary of the book I've spent a lot of time with over the past few months, Find Your Way Home: Words from the Street, Wisdom from the Heart, by the Women of Magdalene with Becca Stevens.

From "The Yummy List":

Find Your Way Home, The Women of Magdalene with Becca Stevens

They were hookers, junkies, castaways — and they were beautiful. Beautiful in the eyes of God, and those who choose to see the God in them. Such a person was Episcopal priest Becca Stevens, who started the Magdalene House and then Thistle Farms, a company that makes organic bath and beauty products, to help transition women off the streets and into society.

This tiny volume is the collected wisdom of many of these women, structured to reflect the precepts that guide their lives. It is simple truth, grounded in lives that have been fought for, yet surrendered in love to a love greater than anything most of us have known. There is philosophy, grit, faith and especially grace. It is an easy read that will make you more, indeed, that will set your spirit to live out loud and in compassion on fire. 24 Rules that will change your life, bring miracles and fill your heart — all in a beautiful palm sized paperback.

www.thistlefarms.org www.abingdonpress.com

It's nice to see how someone else (especially with such a way with words!) can describe this book and see the real gift of it... especially in time for the holidays! Definitely yummy.