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Chautona Havig

Chautona Havig

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How My Heart Attack Sent My Husband to the ER

by Chautona Havig · 92 Comments

Christmas Adam 2016. Balmy weather, palm trees, beautiful houses built into the side of a hill—every traditionalist’s Christmas dream, right?

I’ll confess. I didn’t want to be there, and not just because I’m a natural homebody. Perhaps if it had been a Currier and Ives scene. A farmhouse, evergreen swags and buntings draped along a picket fence, snow piled everywhere snow can be, a jaunty snowman in one corner of the yard (but no footprints anywhere near him to mar the pristine beauty of it all)…

Yeah. I might not have been so unenthusiastic about our “destination Christmas” if it actually had looked like Christmas! But it didn’t—not at all.

The Benny Goodman StoryThe house… enormous. Seriously. There were more bedrooms in that place than we have rooms in our current house. I felt like Benny Goodman’s mother in The Benny Goodman Story. When she walks into Alice’s house, sees the marble entryway and just how enormous it all is, she says, “Oh, that poor woman!”

Her son asks, “What woman?”

“That every day has to dust this place!”

Yeah. That about sums it up for me right there. Our grandchildren’s voices rang out both upstairs and down, and our grandson dragged me out to see the pool.

Look, that pool? Totally amazing. An infinity pool, it literally just ended at the edge of a drop-off. If you really wanted to, you could swim up to that edge, hike a leg over, and fall down to your death.

No joke.

It should have been a warning. I’m an author. I know what that’s called.

Foreshadowing.

While we all unpacked and got things ready for the night, one of my girls and her boyfriend took orders and my debit card and went to get dinner for all of us from a local Mexican eatery.

Me? I was frantically finishing edits for New Year’s Revolutions.

Dinner came, we ate… everyone split to do their own thing. Older teens in the game room, oldest kids trying to get the TV to work properly, me editing, of course.

How My Heart Attack Sent My Husband to the ER

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How My “Heart Attack” Sent My Husband to the ER

My husband, as I’d expected he would, went for the hot tub. After having back surgery a few years ago, he has become a huge fan of hot baths and heating pads to soothe the damaged nerve that has never healed.

Thirty minutes later, one of the girls burst into the room. “Dad fell!”

Begin heart attack.

I dashed out the back door, begging God for mercy on my husband’s back. But he wasn’t there. In fact, half of them weren’t. I could hear them, but I couldn’t see.

That’s when the rest of the news came.  I asked where he was and someone said, “He stepped out of the hot tub and fell down the cliff.”

The cliff.  The one with boulders and a fence line fifteen to twenty feet or more away.

I couldn’t get down there—not over the slippery hot tub ledge.  You know, the one with no floodlights to help you see and no railing or anything to keep you from slipping off the tiles and down that cliff?  Yeah. That one.

My only other option, go down the side.  That meant climbing a fence.  I went to change into pants.  By the time I returned, they’d gotten to him and were slowly moving him up the cliff… one rock at a time.

The praises started right then.

Thank you, Lord, that he can “walk” in some fashion. (I didn’t know how much but he was moving, so…)  Thank you, Lord, that he’s not screaming in pain. (I hoped that meant the attack on his sciatic nerve had not returned.)  Thank you, Lord, that the kids are here and can do this. Twenty years ago…

The next morning, my “heart attack” transferred him to the ER.

By dinner time, we had the final verdict.  He didn’t break anything or injure any internal organs.  With just a few scrapes and some deep tissue bruising, Kevin was fine.  Yes, it would take over two months for him to move without wincing. The sorest part of his shoulder had bruised so deeply that the color never made it to the surface.

But he was fine.

That Christmas taught me a huge lesson.

Where you celebrate Christmas doesn’t matter.  Who you are with—that’s what makes Christmas… Christmas.

Oh, and considering that in February of the same year, my second son stepped out of a hot tub, passed out, and earned himself a three-toothed bridge, I also learned that Havig men are not allowed in hot tubs.

Ever.

Have you ever wondered how much of my life you see in my books?

I mean, I showed a bit in A Bird Died, but not really.  That was one, specific event designed to show how amazing our town is and what God did in the life of our grandson.

Sand & Mistletoe: A Christmas NovelOn Sunday, November 25—our thirtieth anniversary, no less—I published Sand & Mistletoe.  While this book is not a “true story,” there are definite true events and glimpses of the craziness of the Havigs in it.  All hyperbolized. As I say in the author’s note, we’re nowhere near that dramatic, but the personalities that produced the drama—pieces of them, all meshed from multiple people into one here and another there—are real.

And so is my beloved Ventura.

 

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  1. Faith Creech says

    December 4, 2018 at 6:56 pm

    I would love the one with the fence and th shadow of th cross. Thanks so much for the chance to win.

    Reply
  2. Sandra Padgett says

    December 4, 2018 at 2:42 pm

    I love the path to the beach.

    Reply
  3. Bethany says

    December 3, 2018 at 4:24 pm

    I love your books! can’t wait to ready this one!

    Reply
  4. A. Kelly says

    December 3, 2018 at 2:35 pm

    The beach walk picture reminds me of the Outer Banks in N.C.

    Reply
  5. renee says

    December 3, 2018 at 1:23 pm

    I love the picture of the boardwalk heading to the beach. The beach is my happy place 🙂

    Reply
    • Chautona Havig says

      December 3, 2018 at 1:48 pm

      Isn’t it a wonderful thing? I love it.

      Reply
  6. Candi F says

    December 3, 2018 at 11:18 am

    Wow! What a story and Christmas memory! So glad he wasn’t hurt worse than he was.

    Reply
    • Chautona Havig says

      December 3, 2018 at 1:49 pm

      Right? I’m still amazed. He could have been permanently injured, or if he hit just right, he could have died. So weird.

      Reply
  7. sodbusters says

    December 3, 2018 at 9:04 am

    It was an unforgettable Christmas

    Reply
    • Chautona Havig says

      December 3, 2018 at 1:50 pm

      It was. I like to call it, “The year we learned the evils of hot tubs.” It’s our June

      Reply
  8. Mary Polyakov says

    December 1, 2018 at 7:54 pm

    I love that your books have little, if any kissing, which allows the focus to be on more important things, like character development. If it’s not obvious, I have a low tolerance of kissing scenes.?

    Reply
    • Chautona Havig says

      December 2, 2018 at 3:31 am

      We share that low tolerance. In fact, one of the most long-awaited kisses in any of my books was in Past Forward. It was either the end of book three or the beginning of book 4. And I was SO discreet that half the readers missed that a kiss happened!

      After that, I wrote 31 kisses to get me more used to it, but um… kissing book lovers like Pepper Basham would be abashed at my still very discreet smooches. I didn’t linger, go on and on about emotions, or any of that nonsense. I just hinted that they were both pleased and moved along. And in that book, I got comfortable doing that. I got comfortable with me being me. And if people want sizzling kisses, then I’m not the author for them. And that’s okay.

      Reply
  9. Brenda Schenck says

    November 30, 2018 at 2:21 pm

    Ohh, I love both pics and would be happy with either..hmmm I will pick the walkway..
    I have coastal theme in my home…

    Reply
    • Chautona Havig says

      November 30, 2018 at 2:38 pm

      It’s like it was set up for you!

      Reply
  10. Krista Zimmerman says

    November 30, 2018 at 9:20 am

    I love the boat picture!!

    Reply
  11. Faith says

    November 29, 2018 at 12:45 pm

    I would prefer the pathway picture. It reminds me of how the Lord leads me down His choice of path when I am willingly following him!

    Reply
  12. Patty says

    November 29, 2018 at 9:26 am

    I love the boat picture!

    Reply
  13. Linda menkes says

    November 29, 2018 at 8:25 am

    I like the picture of the boat. Thank you for your great stories! I look forward to Cassie each time it comes to my e-mail. Very entertaining. I’m pulling for Joel!

    Reply
    • Chautona Havig says

      November 29, 2018 at 2:37 pm

      Joel wasn’t even supposed to be a consideration when I started (well, not so soon, anyway). He just refused to go away.

      Reply
  14. Rachel says

    November 29, 2018 at 8:14 am

    Chautona, I have never met one of your stories that I did not like. I find myself wanting to live as one your characters. They are so real to life then I realize that I live a pretty good life but it’s great to drop into someone else’s for a few minutes.
    I really like the boat painting and would love to have the book. I have shared, commented, and already on the email list. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Chautona Havig says

      November 29, 2018 at 2:37 pm

      Thanks for encouraging me like that! I appreciate it.

      Reply
  15. Joy @ Real World Bible Study says

    November 28, 2018 at 10:01 pm

    Chautona…so at first I thought you meant an actual heart attack. Now THAT would be a story…if your actual heart attack (or even a panic attack with similar symptoms) landed your hubby in the ER. Delivering twins. Or something like that. Lol.

    Reply
    • Joy @ Real World Bible Study says

      November 28, 2018 at 10:02 pm

      And I like the pathway.

      Reply
  16. Janell Rogers says

    November 28, 2018 at 9:37 pm

    I’d love to win the pathway picture. They’re truly both so beautiful though!

    Reply
  17. Alicia G says

    November 28, 2018 at 7:07 pm

    Do you ever have a dull moment? 🙂
    Wow
    I like the boat picture.

    Reply
    • Chautona Havig says

      November 28, 2018 at 7:21 pm

      Well… there was that time…

      Reply
  18. Andrea says

    November 28, 2018 at 7:07 pm

    Love both the pictures! I’m torn.

    Oh, and I am a subscriber!

    Reply
  19. Amelia says

    November 28, 2018 at 7:02 pm

    I love your books, I can’t wait to read this one! I like the path to the beach. Thanks for the giveaway!

    Reply
  20. kristen says

    November 28, 2018 at 6:58 pm

    I love both pics – but especially the walkway to the beach. Reminds me of a few vacations we took to Outer Banks several years ago! Thanks for your books and the giveaways! I love connecting with authors whose books I enjoy and look forward to reading Sand and Mistletoe!

    Reply
  21. Brenda Hayes says

    November 28, 2018 at 6:28 pm

    Oops I forgot to tell you I would prefer your book over the pictures. Thank you for this opportunity.

    Reply
  22. Brenda Hayes says

    November 28, 2018 at 6:26 pm

    Love love all your books. But what i like best about you is that you are real. Real with the good and the bad. But most that you are real about our LORD. Thank you for being an example.

    Reply
  23. Melanie Kurz says

    November 28, 2018 at 5:29 pm

    I love the one of the steps going down to the beach!

    Reply
  24. Wanda Holmes says

    November 28, 2018 at 5:17 pm

    I love the path to the beach

    Reply
  25. April says

    November 28, 2018 at 4:14 pm

    I look forward to reading this book. I recently discovered when i read collections you are part of, like the Crossroads collections, I enjoy all the books but when i get to yours i feel like I’m home. I’m already a subscriber. That beach path is a cool picture.

    Reply
    • Chautona Havig says

      November 28, 2018 at 6:06 pm

      That is just the sweetest compliment. Wow. I… well, wow. Thanks.

      Reply
  26. kellycbf says

    November 28, 2018 at 3:54 pm

    Those pictures are both beautiful. I would happily take either one.

    Reply
  27. Vivian Furbay says

    November 28, 2018 at 3:15 pm

    I love the picture of the steps going down to the beach.

    Reply
  28. Susan (DE) says

    November 28, 2018 at 2:27 pm

    I would take the picture of the pathway to the beach. Love it!

    Reply
    • Susan (DE) says

      November 28, 2018 at 2:29 pm

      By the way, I really enjoyed hearing a little more about you. 🙂

      Reply
  29. Adrienne Dennison says

    November 28, 2018 at 2:20 pm

    I love the path!

    Reply
  30. Bonny says

    November 28, 2018 at 1:04 pm

    the walkway — but either one would be lovely

    Reply
  31. Barbara Eward says

    November 28, 2018 at 12:36 pm

    I love the picture of the boat best, but both are beautiful. I shared on Facebook I already subscribe to your newsletter.

    Reply
  32. NZ Filbruns says

    November 28, 2018 at 10:13 am

    I’d choose the beach walk. I’m looking forward to finishing reading the book soon!

    Reply
  33. Sarah Anderson says

    November 28, 2018 at 10:10 am

    I devoured the e-book/kindle version- Sand and Mistletoe. I was captivated by all the strong personalities and how outsiders dealt with them, resolutions to conflicts and of course the love story. Caused me to realize how imperfect families really are. I thoroughly enjoy seeing the characters-flaws and all- work through the issues in a un/godly, everyday life type of way and how they grow in their relationships with each other and Christ.

    Reply
    • Chautona Havig says

      November 28, 2018 at 1:50 pm

      Aw, thanks! That’s just what I was trying to show.

      Reply
  34. Pam says

    November 28, 2018 at 10:08 am

    I am so excited this book is complete. I remember when you blogged about it and have been waiting for this day. I like either picture. I am on your newsletter list already.

    Reply
  35. Cheryl Dubry says

    November 28, 2018 at 9:39 am

    Thank you for sharing your story. With every blog and Facebook post, I feel like we get to know you a little more. I love the beach picture and have pinned and tweeted (@auntcherie) the post.

    Reply
  36. Darlene says

    November 28, 2018 at 9:01 am

    Can’t wait to read the book! Loving both pictires!

    Reply
  37. Ava Gunn Kinsey says

    November 28, 2018 at 8:59 am

    I remember when your husband fell! Thankful there were no long-lasting effects from it. The paintings are beautiful.

    Reply
  38. Alesha says

    November 28, 2018 at 8:45 am

    You know, we expect “foreshadowing” in our books, but not IRL! So glad your hubby wasn’t hurt worse and eventually healed. The older we get, the longer that process takes.

    I’d choose the picture with the boat if I won the giveaway.

    Alesha

    Reply
  39. Heather Y. says

    November 28, 2018 at 8:11 am

    Both are beautiful, but I’d probably pick the beach walk one. I have fond memories of walking along a beach with my husband.

    Reply
  40. J. says

    November 28, 2018 at 7:59 am

    Both prints are beautiful! If I had to choose I would pick the print with the path. It reminds me of going to the beach with my dad when I was little. He fell off a cliff this past August and I miss him terribly.

    I’m so glad your husband was alright!

    I’m already subscribed and I forwarded the email.

    Reply
  41. Hannah says

    November 28, 2018 at 7:17 am

    I love the picture of the boat! I grew up in a little coastal town and the water always makes me feel like I’m home.

    Reply
  42. Michelle Kenworthy says

    November 28, 2018 at 7:07 am

    I like the beach scene.

    Reply
  43. Lual Krautter says

    November 28, 2018 at 6:53 am

    I really like the beach scene:) (Especially since I am an artist too:) See http://www.facebook.com/LualOKrautter Thanks for the opportunity to enter a giveaway! Would love to win a print copy (not ebook)! Thanks, and God bless! krautter12ATbresnanDOTnet

    Reply
    • Chautona Havig says

      November 28, 2018 at 6:57 am

      looking forward to checking out your art!

      Reply
  44. Kim Armistead says

    November 28, 2018 at 6:47 am

    I think if I just HAD to choose between the 2 I would like the one with the fence on the beach. It tells a story of a journey – beginning or ending – that I would like to partake in. Regardless of which I chose, they are both BEAUTIFUL!

    Reply
    • Chautona Havig says

      November 28, 2018 at 6:51 am

      I love that path. I’ve walked it a million times it seems.

      Reply
  45. Rae Gaeddert says

    November 28, 2018 at 6:16 am

    I shared this post on FB and commented here earlier, but can’t seem to get subscribed to your blog?

    Reply
    • Chautona Havig says

      November 28, 2018 at 6:52 am

      If you go to chautona.com/newsletter and scroll down to the bottom of the page, there are instructions. 🙂

      Reply
  46. Paula Shreckhise says

    November 28, 2018 at 6:05 am

    I love the sailboat picture. You certainly have life experiences to draw on for your books. I’m glad you can look back on them and chuckle or at least make us chuckle! Hope all goes smoothly this Christmas! Blessings!

    Reply
    • Paula Shreckhise says

      November 28, 2018 at 6:07 am

      Oops, I am a subscriber!

      Reply
      • Paula Shreckhise says

        November 28, 2018 at 6:08 am

        I shared on Facebook.

        Reply
  47. Anonymous says

    November 28, 2018 at 6:04 am

    These look awesome!
    Love the path pic!

    Reply
    • Chautona Havig says

      November 28, 2018 at 6:52 am

      I do, too!

      Reply
  48. Rae Gaeddert says

    November 28, 2018 at 5:58 am

    Either painting would be awesome if I win :)!

    I really enjoy your writing style and have read most of your books 🙂

    Reply
    • Chautona Havig says

      November 28, 2018 at 6:53 am

      I’m pleased you like both!

      Reply
  49. Bethany says

    November 28, 2018 at 5:51 am

    I would love to read this new book! and my first option would the boat canvas. Love reading your books Chautona!

    Reply
    • Bethany says

      November 28, 2018 at 5:58 am

      and I am already subscribed to your newsletter. 🙂

      Reply
    • Chautona Havig says

      November 28, 2018 at 6:54 am

      Thank you! 🙂

      Reply
  50. Dee says

    November 28, 2018 at 5:47 am

    Definitely the beach picture! You do have the most interesting real-life stories. Maybe they help fuel your imagination for your writings.

    Reply
  51. Quillswife says

    November 28, 2018 at 5:22 am

    I absolutely love the beach picture, the way the fence almost dances through the sand. I also love your book as I do ALL of them lol. I share you with everyone I know. 🙂

    Reply
    • Chautona Havig says

      November 28, 2018 at 6:55 am

      I love that you love it. Thanks for being you!

      Reply
  52. Lori says

    November 28, 2018 at 5:18 am

    So excited to read your newest book! And a wonderful giveaway!!!

    Reply
    • Chautona Havig says

      November 28, 2018 at 6:56 am

      Thanks!

      Reply
  53. Barbie D says

    November 28, 2018 at 4:58 am

    I am already subscribed to your newsletter!

    Reply
  54. Barbie D says

    November 28, 2018 at 4:52 am

    The sailboat one…on water as smooth as glass–that’s when I liked to go water skiing in northern MN–when the lake was like glass!

    Reply
  55. JoAnne Andrews Baker says

    November 28, 2018 at 4:37 am

    I love the picture with the bridge in the sand. I also am looking forward to reading your new book!

    Reply
    • Chautona Havig says

      November 28, 2018 at 4:59 am

      It’s my favorite, too. And I really do love the book.

      Reply
  56. Debbie says

    November 28, 2018 at 4:10 am

    Thank you for the opportunity to enter. I would love to imagine the beach shot as Lake Michigan on my wall lol

    Reply
    • Chautona Havig says

      November 28, 2018 at 5:00 am

      Hey! That work, too, right?

      Reply
  57. Joy says

    November 28, 2018 at 4:09 am

    Happy 30th Anniversary!

    Reply
  58. Sheila says

    November 28, 2018 at 3:36 am

    I love the little trail picture. Thank you for all you do.

    Reply
  59. Mary says

    November 28, 2018 at 3:35 am

    I like the boat picture and am sure that I will love your book. I always do.

    Reply
    • Chautona Havig says

      November 28, 2018 at 5:00 am

      Aw, thanks!

      Reply
  60. Lucinda Culp says

    November 28, 2018 at 3:18 am

    Is it awful that I’m anticipating next years book, praying that story line inspiration doesn’t include emergency rooms?
    I love this book. Love it.

    Reply
    • Chautona Havig says

      November 28, 2018 at 3:27 am

      I’m so glad you love it. So do I.

      Reply
  61. Jackie says

    November 28, 2018 at 2:17 am

    You are such an amazing storyteller!! I get so inside your stories, seeing what you are describing and being so pulled into your stories, whether about real life Havig or your fictional stories!! SO SO good!!

    Reply
    • Jackie says

      November 28, 2018 at 2:20 am

      Oh, I am already subscribed to your blog and newsletter!

      Reply
      • Chautona Havig says

        November 28, 2018 at 3:28 am

        YAY!

        Reply
  62. Patty-anne Lea says

    November 28, 2018 at 1:43 am

    I never fail to get inside a Having book. I don’t read the story, I am part of the story.

    Reply
    • Chautona Havig says

      November 28, 2018 at 3:28 am

      Aw, thanks! That’s exactly what I’m trying to do!

      Reply

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Shannon Sue Dunlap isn’t new to rom-coms, and her first book in the Sweetheart Series promises to be a literary riot, and it lives up to that promise. I’m only halfway through it and am thinking mean, ugly thoughts of everything keeping me from being able to escape into the crazy small-town politics and quirky characters. So far the com far outweighs the rom, which makes me thrilled to bits. Listen in to discover what makes Lone Star Sweetheart so much fun.

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Why Did This Author Write a Rom-Com about a Loveable Shrew?

Well, I think we can safely blame Shakespeare for that. Shannon Sue Dunlap has taken inspiration from Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew in her Katherine, but unlike Katerina, Dunlap’s character is actually trying to learn to tame the tongue. Maybe someone should send her over to the book of James. There’s that whole bit about not being able to tame it, being an “unruly evil, full of deadly poison.”

Kate’s isn’t that bad, but not for lack of trying. Or something.

Shannon Sue Dunlap isn’t joking when she says that her Katherine is a “loveable” shrew. Seriously, I love this character. She’s forthright, no-nonsense, and “what you see is what you get” in her approach to life. I respect that. Add to that her boss who has shaken up the town of Sweetheart, Texas, and you’ve got the makings of a great story. I’m loving Lone Star Sweetheart.

But this isn’t all Dunlap has written.

Under the pseudonym, Shannon Kent, you can find her sweet and clean romances (including one Christian romance) inspired by Korean dramas. If you said I’d be not only chomping to read a sweet and clean romance about Korean tour guides and all that entails but also ready to watch a Korean drama on Netflix… Okay, I might not have laughed in your face, but I’d’ve been laughing on the inside.

Best part… one of them ties into her Sweetheart Series

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Katherine Bruno’s passionate, unfiltered temper makes her the shrew of small-town Sweetheart, Texas. When she’s drafted to help the mayor’s wife run against her own husband, Katherine meets opposing big city political consultant Ryan Park. The good-looking, flirtatious campaign manager gets under her skin, but fraternizing with the enemy is off-limits.

Katherine must battle her lack of experience, campaign sabotage, and her growing feelings for Ryan as she strives to succeed. His unprejudiced acceptance of her strong-willed character beckons her heart, but his jaded rejection of God is an insurmountable barrier. Will Ryan return to his faith and stay with her in Sweetheart or leave when the election ends?

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Welcome to Red Wing, Minnesota. Home of Hanisch's Welcome to Red Wing, Minnesota. Home of Hanisch's Bakery, Mandy's Cafe, the Uffda Shop, and Pepie the Lake Monster (who knew?)

Oh, and home to Twice Sold Tales, a charming bookstore in a charming town--but not for long.  Unless Milton arrives with his trusty parrotlet, Atticus (not Finch!), this local gem of a store may soon be out of print--so to speak.

Some might blame owner Harper Brevig. Let's face it. Her "bookside manner" isn't much to write home about (although I did write a book about it...). But no, she's making enough money, and she's not spending too much money (much to her disgust), so where's it going?

Find out in Twice Sold Tales while I write and send Atticus and Milton down to Berne, Indiana to help Cezanne with he new and dying bookstore. 

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My next book in the Suamalie Islands series is on My next book in the Suamalie Islands series is on tour with @celebratelit .

Ezra has started her business, is elbow-deep in wedding prep for her father, and gets roped into helping an old friend fight off the eligible females of Lafoina. 
And frankly, she's tired of it all--except the fighting off females thing. The women can just back off. Henri is hers... not that she'd admit that. Yet.
A combination second-chance romance and fake relationship (but not) surrounded with tropical breezes, sandy beaches, and ocean waves lapping against the side of a floating bookstore--perfect for this summer's TBR!
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