With book in hand, it was like going home to "heartwarming" Mitford with Father Tim & Cynthia and Dooley& Lacey all there----that was just on the first 65 pages. And a new name has me wondering, "who is Jack Tyler?"
Just opening Come Rain or Come Shine had a Ray Charles tune playing in my head.
"I'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you, come rain or come shine" used to blare forth from the HiFi at 2211 So. Virginia St.
It also had me remembering Mama Davenport throwing her little head back and having her short frame stand tall as she said, "We will get these flowers picked TODAY for Mrs. ? (a sick neighbor) come rain or come shine.
In other areas of life, that "come rain or come shine" idiom seems to speak to folks needing a little "secure" encouragement.
No matter the weather, rain or shine---in any of life's situations, I'm there for you.
".....for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you" (Deuteronomy 31:6)
Those words provide warmth for the hearer.
