{"id":9,"date":"2026-09-24T23:07:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T23:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/megcuske.com\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-09-25T00:43:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T00:43:54","slug":"brizy-9","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/megcuske.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Brizy #9"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MERCY CRUMB<\/span><\/p>\n

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Raised as a free-spirited hippie kid before becoming a church kid almost overnight, she spent a lifetime searching for an explanation for why she could not bring herself to trust the God she claimed to believe in.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even while convinced of her own sincerity, she kept the evidence at arm\u2019s length, guarding against the very thing she was seeking.<\/span><\/p>\n

After years of resisting the relationship she longed for, she found herself entangled with the same God she had resisted\u2014the One who kept showing up unannounced in sacred and ridiculous ways.<\/span><\/p>\n

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At eighty, Audrey Collins is sharp, witty, opinionated\u2014and trapped inside a body devastated by a stroke. Fully aware but unable to make herself understood, she has only days to live and plenty to say about the people who keep assuming her silence means she isn\u2019t there.<\/span><\/p>\n

A patchwork quilt beneath her fingers becomes a doorway. A worn square, a familiar scent, a photograph, a voice\u2014and suddenly Audrey is back inside the kisses, losses, absurdities, heartbreaks, and secrets of a life fully lived.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some kisses are ordinary. Some change everything.<\/span><\/p>\n

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When cicadas are the only thing louder than the sweltering Missouri heat, the front porch becomes the only place to wait it out.<\/span><\/p>\n

Longtime family friend Meg rushes to Rocky Lake Cabins after a tearful call from Erica, the pregnant young woman she has loved like a daughter for nearly twenty years. Erica\u2019s grandfather has suffered a devastating stroke, drawing a fractured family back to the porch after years of avoiding one another.<\/span><\/p>\n

As grief strips away old defenses, buried resentments erupt, old wounds reopen, and the family is forced to face the truths they have left unsaid.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Just Meg.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\tPretty much, I’m just me. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m a writer living in southern Missouri, and I am blessed to be able to catch a glimpse of the extraordinary in the very ordinary every now and then. I like to tell stories that invite readers to look past what they first see\u2014to take a second look and realize maybe they weren\u2019t seeing the whole picture. I love the wonder sitting right there inside of everyday life, and I take great delight in how the sacred and ridiculous coexist.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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I live in jeans and T-shirts. Flannel when the chill sets in. Right now, I don’t even own a dress. I have no patience for pretense. I value honesty and loyalty most, probably because I want to see what is truly there. I just wish everybody would be real. I\u2019m instinctively curious, which isn\u2019t always a good thing, but it does mean I tend to notice what people say, what they don\u2019t say, and the little things happening around the edges.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I live with the love of my life, John, and a cr\u00e8me buff cat who purrs while he\u2019s trying to chew through electric cords. And yes, they can drive me crazy sometimes. I occasionally refer to my husband as BB \u2014 Biscuit Brain. You know, a bit dense sometimes, a little dry and crusty around the edges. Besides John and Watson Boy\u2014meow, everything really is elementary,\u2014I love moonlight, acorns, falling leaves, and all things Autumn. Let’s not forget the pumpkin pie.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I always knew I would write a book one day. I\u2019m beyond grateful that mine was one you chose to read. I\u2019m so glad you joined me between the pages.<\/span><\/p>\n

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PATCHWORK KISSES<\/span><\/p>\n

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