The Seat Beside Me: one simple event can change your life forever

The Seat Beside Me by Nancy Moser is the first book in The Steadfast series. There’s a lot of activity at an airport. The comings and goings. The hellos and goodbyes. But for one flight it will be life altering. For Flight 1382, the weather has been a problem with delays after delays. Seating next to a stranger or not, with small talk and snacks. It seems like just another flight. However, there are significant connections made and ten lives are linked together forever. The unthinkable happens. Someone becomes a hero while someone becomes a villain. In the aftermath, priorities are reevaluated and questions about their lives are asked. How do they find a way to move on with their lives? When presented the opportunity to be a hero, would you recognize it? Would you take it? 

This book took me completely by surprise! I did not expect the emotional rollercoaster ride through many points of the story. Inspired by a real event, it is a story of how in the midst of an everyday event, a stranger can impact your life or how you can impact a stranger’s life in significant and insignificant ways but an impact all the same. I openly sobbed throughout this story and I usually don’t cry while reading. So be prepared and bring the tissues. The Seat Beside Me definitely had me thinking about my everyday interactions with people and how the little things could change people’s lives and how my life could be changed. I look forward to reading the rest of the series. I highly, highly recommend The Seat Beside Me. 

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The Pattern Artist: one woman's courage to fulfill her dream

The Pattern Artist by Nancy Moser is the story of one woman’s dream to make her life better than what she lived before. Annie Wood is a housemaid for a wealthy English family. She has dreams of becoming a lady’s maid in the household as she travels with Lady Newly and her daughter, Miss Henrietta, to America. When she realizes that her dream isn’t going to become a reality, she strikes off on her own in New York City.

Set in 1911, Annie is a young woman with a natural talent for fashion and her skills for alternations and sewing are used to the advantage of the lady’s maids.  She sets out with Iris and Danny Dalking, servants from the household that she’s visiting. Alone on the streets with nothing to their names, the trio is taken in by a family who runs a bakery. Knowing that working in a bakery isn’t where she wants to be, Annie sets off and tries to get a job at Macy’s. To her surprise, she does and immediately begins to establish herself with great customer service and an eye for the fashions her customers desire. She soon gets involved with a pattern salesman, Sean Culver, who helps open another door which will lead her closer to a new dream of design fashions for the everyday woman. As she works, more and more doors of opportunity open. Does she dare walk through them, knowing there is no return? Can she trust God to guide her through those doors?

The Pattern Artist is a great story of the American Spirit where “humble beginnings are a badge of honor. It’s not where you begin but where you end up.” I loved Annie who struggles with her own worth but had the bravery to try anyway. I loved all the characters she meets along the way especially Sean. The budding romance between the two is sweet and heartwarming. The story has romance, suspense, heartbreak and joy. I highly recommend The Pattern Artist.

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