{"id":4505,"date":"2026-09-23T19:01:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T19:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.little-dixie.lib.mo.us\/?p=4505"},"modified":"2026-09-23T19:03:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T19:03:49","slug":"ldrl-recommends-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.little-dixie.lib.mo.us\/?p=4505","title":{"rendered":"LDRL Recommends"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4505\" class=\"elementor elementor-4505\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-626b609 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"626b609\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f910af\" data-id=\"5f910af\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c823757 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c823757\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>LDRL Recommends: &#8220;Sarah&#8217;s Song&#8221; By: Karen Kingsbury<\/div><div>Staff Member: Debbie<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Debbie says, &#8220;I enjoyed this book so much.\u00a0 It was such a heartwarming story about Sarah Baldwin an 86-year elderly lady who was at the end of her life. She put a handmade ornament on a small Christmas tree every day for the 12 days before Christmas.\u00a0 Each ornament had a special meaning in regards to long-ago love.\u00a0 Sarah shared her story for each ornament with a young nursing student that was going through a rough patch in her marriage.\u00a0 These stories brought the meaning of love and marriage back in focus for the young nurse and her husband.\u00a0 The\u00a0young nurse and her husband continued the tradition of the 12 handmade ornaments after Srah passed away.&#8221;\u00a0<\/div><div><span style=\"color: #888888;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div><div>Little Dixie Regional Libraries has four libraries in Moberly, Huntsville, Madison, and Paris and serves patrons in Randolph and Monroe Counties.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d1717e elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3d1717e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/little-dixie.missourievergreen.org\/eg\/opac\/record\/1049962?query=%22Sarah%27s%20Song%22;qtype=title;locg=137;detail_record_view=1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Sarah's Song on Evergreen<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51be2d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51be2d5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cc1578f\" data-id=\"cc1578f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71077e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"71077e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.little-dixie.lib.mo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4cead69a-1640-4536-a9c2-c08b203efcf31-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4506\" alt=\"Librarian Debbie recommends Sarah&apos;s Song\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.little-dixie.lib.mo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4cead69a-1640-4536-a9c2-c08b203efcf31-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.little-dixie.lib.mo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4cead69a-1640-4536-a9c2-c08b203efcf31-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.little-dixie.lib.mo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4cead69a-1640-4536-a9c2-c08b203efcf31-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.little-dixie.lib.mo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4cead69a-1640-4536-a9c2-c08b203efcf31-1140x1520.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.little-dixie.lib.mo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4cead69a-1640-4536-a9c2-c08b203efcf31.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LDRL Recommends: &#8220;Sarah&#8217;s Song&#8221; By: Karen KingsburyStaff Member: Debbie\u00a0Debbie says, &#8220;I enjoyed this book so much.\u00a0 It was such a heartwarming story about Sarah Baldwin an 86-year elderly lady who was at the end of her life. 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