Category Archives: Nonfiction Books
Seven Reasons I Adore My Aunt Debby
Though she still sports the figure of a much younger woman, today is my Aunt Debby’s 71st birthday. You may know her as Debby Reincke, one of Will & Betty’s Darling D’s. Maybe you know her as the former FBI agent, …[ read more ]
• • •Transformed in 10 Minutes: Mom-Mom’s Story
Indomitable woman though she was, my grandmother had feared death since she was forty. Now, at eighty-five, she was dead. She had flatlined in the hospital, and the nurses struggled to revive her. Images of Mom-Mom passing before she was …[ read more ]
• • •Daddy Will, One of My Favorite Veterans
Who’s your favorite veteran? Mine is my late grandfather, whom we affectionately called Daddy Will. As a young man, he served in Army intelligence during the Korean War. On one dangerous mission, he lost most of his men. Many had …[ read more ]
• • •Breast Cancer: My Friend Becky’s Battle
Who have you lost to breast cancer? This week, my funny, gifted, and beautiful friend Becky would have turned forty-one. In honor of her birthday—and Breast Cancer Awareness Month—allow me to share part of her story. If you so desire, …[ read more ]
• • •Second Chances: A Miracle of More Time
What would you give for one more week with your loved one? Today would’ve been the 88th birthday of my co-author’s father. As she writes in our book, “The human heart isn’t wired for separation. It’s unnatural. Unsettling. But separation …[ read more ]
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