{"id":997,"date":"2011-03-10T01:01:38","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T01:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/?p=997"},"modified":"2011-03-07T23:00:50","modified_gmt":"2011-03-07T23:00:50","slug":"author-ruth-axtell-morren-a-sense-of-self-sacrifice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/uncategorized\/author-ruth-axtell-morren-a-sense-of-self-sacrifice","title":{"rendered":"Author Ruth Axtell Morren &#038; A Sense of Self-Sacrifice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-997 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Ruth-pic.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Ruth-pic-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Ruth-pic-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Ruth-pic.jpg 170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/a-gentlemans-homecoming.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"101\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/a-gentlemans-homecoming-101x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">My guest today is Author Ruth Axtell Morren who discusses self-sacrifice, not a popular topic these ME-FIRST days.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Here&#8217;s Ruth:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">&#8220;The heroine in this Victorian  story, <em>A Gentleman\u2019s Homecoming,<\/em> is strong in the sense of  self-sacrifice. Bobbie Gardner proves this in being the mother to her  nephew, Sam. Although not his biological mother, she has a mother\u2019s  spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">When Sam\u2019s father, Luke Travis,  comes back into the picture, Sam is thirteen\u2014a sensitive age when  it comes to parental relations. He hasn\u2019t known his dad. His only  father figure has been his grandfather, an autocratic man who was largely  responsible for alienating Luke from his son.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">Bobbie is the glue that holds  them all together. She welcomes Luke to be the father Sam needs. She  has always loved Luke, but she doesn\u2019t let on, preferring to allow  Luke and his son to become reacquainted with each other. She has kept  another part of her life secret as well: her desire to be a civil engineer  like Luke and her father.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">It takes sacrificial love to  put aside one\u2019s own needs for the sake of others. I saw my mother  do that for us kids as we were growing up. She could easily have divorced  my dad many times over, for sufficient cause, but she preferred giving  her three children a stable home. As adults, we have honored her for  that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">Thankfully, for Bobbie, Luke  proves to be a man worthy of her love. In the end, she will get to pursue  her dreams in an era when women were beginning to explore professions  that were previously barred to them.&#8221;<\/span>&#8211;Ruth<\/p>\n<p>For more info on Ruth and her books, drop by<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruthaxtellmorren.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ruthaxtellmorren.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ruthaxtellmorren.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ruthaxtellmorren.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Bravo for tackling a difficult subject, Ruth! Have any of you been the benefactor of another&#8217;s sacrifice?&#8211;Lyn<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\">Tweet<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My guest today is Author Ruth Axtell Morren who discusses self-sacrifice, not a popular topic these ME-FIRST days. 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