Halfway to forever by Karen Kingsbury

NOVELS BY KAREN KINGSBURY
Where Yesterday Lives When Joy Came to Stay
On Every Side A Time to Dance
A Time to Embrace (sequel to A Time to Dance) One Tuesday Morning
Oceans Apart
THE FOREVER FAITHFUL SERIES Waiting for Morning
A Moment of Weakness Halfway to Forever
THE REDEMPTION SERIES (Co-written with Gary Smalley) Redemption
Remember Return Rejoice Reunion
THE RED GLOVES CHRISTMAS SERIES Gideon's Gift
Maggie's Miracle Sarah's Song
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A Moment of Weakness
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6 14 0 0 K T H IF E E F 0 R E V E R F A I T FI F U L Halfway to Forever KAREN KINGSBURY Multnomah* Publishers Sietere,Oregon
7 This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogues are products of the author's imagination and are not to be construed
as real.
Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
HALFWAY TO FOREVER Published by Multnomah Publishers, Inc.
0 2002 by Karen Kingsbury
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International Standard Book Number: 1-57673-899-X
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kingsbury, Karen.
Halfway to forever / Karen Kingsbury. p. cm.
ISBN 1-57673-899-X (pbk.)
1. Adoption-Fiction. 2. Pregnant women-Fiction. 3. Brain-CancerPatients-Fiction. I. Title.
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Dedicated to...
DONALD, MY KNIGHT in shining armor, my one true love. Can this
really be our fourteenth anniversary? Years slip by like hours in a day, but I cherish every one. With you by my side the best keeps getting
better, and I thank God that you are such an example to me, to our children, to your students and athletes. Thank you for being my best friend
and for believing in forever. Aren't we having a blast? Year after year after year after year... I love you so.