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Thank you for stopping by! l appreciate your interest in my website. My new blog, beginning in February 2017, is titled History & Nostalgia Today, a combination of my love for history and my love for the, yes, sentimental in life. I hope to "look back for wisdom," as eloquently stated by LaTan Murphy in her presentation at the 2017 Asheville Christian Writers Conference. Thank you for joining me in both looking back and in appreciating the everyday loveliness around us.
I was once told by Eddie Jones, Acquisitions Editor for Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas, that I am a “message writer.” Indeed, that's true. Nothing thrills me more than to share a story or a message which reveals God’s love for us in our journey through the challenges and joys of living. Eddie recently described my writing as "painting word pictures," and my deepest desire is for my efforts to continue to reflect my passion for penning the descriptive phrase.
My W.I.P., or Work in Progress, is presently titled Through the Years, A Daughter of the Greatest Generation Remembers. I believe the Baby Boomer Generation has a story to tell, a remembrance to share, best told now before the memories are lost. My historical, nonfiction narrative focuses primarily on the decades beginning with the 1940s and takes the reader through the years to current time. I am speaking to the glory of the everyday and dovetailing it with the history of an era ... the era that is my life.
My writing adventure began soon after my husband of 37 years, Arie E. Greenleaf, died from cancer in 2004. My first book, Sorrow Answered, A Journey of Grace, was published in 2006 and was penned from this experience, a hopeful presentation of God’s mercy on our grief.
My second book was published in 2010, The Henderson County Curb Market, A Blue Ridge Heritage Since 1924. I have an abiding love for the old ways and the old days. Having the opportunity to write the history of our local farmer’s market was an adventure in nostalgia and admiration for the old timers who planted, harvested, baked, preserved, sewed and created items to be sold to an appreciative public, still true today.
Hand of Mercy, A Story of God's Grace is my third book, published in 2015. It is the true account of an 80 year old gentleman, an atheist, who is hit by a car, his body so badly broken he dies twice. His son, Gene Andrews, shares his father's story of two terrifying dreams and the miracle of salvation when he clasps the merciful hand of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Thank you, again, for your interest in my work, and may we enjoy this journey together!
Thank you for stopping by! l appreciate your interest in my website. My new blog, beginning in February 2017, is titled History & Nostalgia Today, a combination of my love for history and my love for the, yes, sentimental in life. I hope to "look back for wisdom," as eloquently stated by LaTan Murphy in her presentation at the 2017 Asheville Christian Writers Conference. Thank you for joining me in both looking back and in appreciating the everyday loveliness around us.
I was once told by Eddie Jones, Acquisitions Editor for Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas, that I am a “message writer.” Indeed, that's true. Nothing thrills me more than to share a story or a message which reveals God’s love for us in our journey through the challenges and joys of living. Eddie recently described my writing as "painting word pictures," and my deepest desire is for my efforts to continue to reflect my passion for penning the descriptive phrase.
My W.I.P., or Work in Progress, is presently titled Through the Years, A Daughter of the Greatest Generation Remembers. I believe the Baby Boomer Generation has a story to tell, a remembrance to share, best told now before the memories are lost. My historical, nonfiction narrative focuses primarily on the decades beginning with the 1940s and takes the reader through the years to current time. I am speaking to the glory of the everyday and dovetailing it with the history of an era ... the era that is my life.
My writing adventure began soon after my husband of 37 years, Arie E. Greenleaf, died from cancer in 2004. My first book, Sorrow Answered, A Journey of Grace, was published in 2006 and was penned from this experience, a hopeful presentation of God’s mercy on our grief.
My second book was published in 2010, The Henderson County Curb Market, A Blue Ridge Heritage Since 1924. I have an abiding love for the old ways and the old days. Having the opportunity to write the history of our local farmer’s market was an adventure in nostalgia and admiration for the old timers who planted, harvested, baked, preserved, sewed and created items to be sold to an appreciative public, still true today.
Hand of Mercy, A Story of God's Grace is my third book, published in 2015. It is the true account of an 80 year old gentleman, an atheist, who is hit by a car, his body so badly broken he dies twice. His son, Gene Andrews, shares his father's story of two terrifying dreams and the miracle of salvation when he clasps the merciful hand of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Thank you, again, for your interest in my work, and may we enjoy this journey together!
