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As a marketing consultant, copy editor, and proofreader, C.G.Koens has been working professionally with individuals, corporations, and non-profits for over a decade to ensure their core messages are clearly communicated to the intended audience, whatever the medium.

Married to a fellow INTJ, she's also an adoptive (homeschooling) mom of five, loves a good skinny, decaf, caramel macchiato, and is a fan of BBC mystery shows, Indian curry, Parisian cafes, and her passport. A "work in progress" Jesus-follower, she embraces a lifestyle of thankfulness, simplicity, stewardship, and personal growth.

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At this point last year, my mom had finally been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer (of uncertain origin) and we were scrambling to figure out how long she had left (as it turns out, she had about six weeks) and how to make the most of our time together. From last Easter celebrations to early Mother's Day memories before the cancer really took her down, one year ago I was in no brain space to read. I w

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Mashed Potatoes: A Little Brother Story
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Graham Koens (Goodreads Author),

C.G.Koens (Goodreads Author) (Editor),

Mark E. Keller (Illustrator)

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The Saint Mary's Cipher (Homefront Sleuths, #9)

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French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure

by Mireille Guiliano

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C.G.Koens said: " Loved this book - loved the theory, the writing, the ideas, and the recipes (except for leek soup - don't get me started on how bad that was!). Guiliano understands the idea that "diets" don't last, and explains clearly how we to break free from the ...more "

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The Way of Agape: Understanding God's Love

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“Wherever you are, be all there! Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.”
― Jim Elliot

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“Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.”
― Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

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“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

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“I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time- waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God- it changes me.”
― William Nicholson, Shadowlands: A Play

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