Weekly Windup: Still time to win Just Claire by Jean Ann Williams!

Weekly Windup

Welcome to the Weekly Windup! We have a lot of fun coming up this week! There's still time to enter to win this YA beauty. AND there's another surprise giveaway coming up on Saturday, so don't miss it!

 

   This Week's Giveaway:

Just Claire (A YA Novel) by Jean Ann Williams

Thirteen-year-old ClaireLee’s life changes when she must take charge of her siblings after her mother becomes depressed from a difficult childbirth. Frightened by the way Mama sleeps too much and her crying spells during waking hours, ClaireLee just knows she’ll catch her illness like a cold or flu which hangs on through winter. ClaireLee finds comfort in the lies she tells herself and others in order to hide the truth about her erratic mother.
Deciding she needs to re-invent herself, she sets out to impress a group of popular girls. With her deception, ClaireLee weaves her way into the Lavender Girls Club, the most sophisticated girls in school. Though, her best friend Belinda will not be caught with the likes of such shallow puddles, ClaireLee ignores Belinda’s warnings the Lavenders cannot be trusted. ClaireLee drifts further from honesty, her friend, and a broken mother’s love, until one very public night at the yearly school awards ceremony. The spotlight is on her, and she finds her courage and faces the truth, and then ClaireLee saves her mother’s life.

Check it out on Amazon!

 Comment on any post now through June 18th to get your name in the drawing! Winner will be announced in the June 19th issue of the Weekly Windup. Paperback giveaways are for U.S. residents only.

Coming up this week:

Monday, 6/12: How to be an Encourager Devotion by Laura Poole
Tuesday, 6/13: Propaganda! by Linda Shenton Matchett
Wednesday, 6/14: Homemade Sassafras Tea by Carole Brown
Thursday, 6/15: Heidi Main's book review of Karen Whitemeyer's Heart on the
Line
Friday, 6/16: Book review of the Bachelor Twins
Saturday, 6/17: Interview with Debbie Lynn Costello

Weekly Windup: Comment to Win Just Claire by Jean Ann Williams

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Welcome to the Weekly Windup! We have a winner to announce!

Winner of Elaine Mander's Brand spankin' new release, The Duke's Dilemma is...Marilyn R.!

 

 

 

 

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This Week's Giveaway:

Just Claire (A YA Novel) by Jean Ann Williams

Thirteen-year-old ClaireLee’s life changes when she must take charge of her siblings after her mother becomes depressed from a difficult childbirth. Frightened by the way Mama sleeps too much and her crying spells during waking hours, ClaireLee just knows she’ll catch her illness like a cold or flu which hangs on through winter. ClaireLee finds comfort in the lies she tells herself and others in order to hide the truth about her erratic mother.
Deciding she needs to re-invent herself, she sets out to impress a group of popular girls. With her deception, ClaireLee weaves her way into the Lavender Girls Club, the most sophisticated girls in school. Though, her best friend Belinda will not be caught with the likes of such shallow puddles, ClaireLee ignores Belinda’s warnings the Lavenders cannot be trusted. ClaireLee drifts further from honesty, her friend, and a broken mother’s love, until one very public night at the yearly school awards ceremony. The spotlight is on her, and she finds her courage and faces the truth, and then ClaireLee saves her mother’s life.

Check it out on Amazon!

 Comment on any post now through June 18th to get your name in the drawing! Winner will be announced in the June 19th issue of the Weekly Windup. Paperback giveaways are for U.S. residents only.

Coming up this week:

Monday, 6/5: Caryl McAdoo 
Tuesday, 6/6: National Gardening Week with Catherine Castle
Wednesday, 6/7: Sugar-free Banana Bread by Heidi Main
Thursday, 6/8: Book Review by Jennifer Fromke
Friday, 6/9: Heidi Main's review of Dee Henderson's Threads of Suspicion
Saturday, 6/10: Interview with Theresa Hall 

God's Mercies After Suicide - Interview with Jean Williams

I am so excited for today's interview. I have been waiting a couple of weeks to be able to share this with you all, and it's finally time! Allow me to introduce Jean Ann Williams. This is an incredible woman who has a heart to share her struggles and triumphs with hurting people. I interviewed Jean Ann over chat and since then it has been hard to wait to share it. I think ya'll will enjoy meeting her.

Jean Ann, thank you so much for joining us today! I’m so excited to introduce you to our Stitches Thru Time readers. Can you tell us a little about yourself?
I'm 63, and published my first book after 20 years of learning the craft of writing. Just Claire is for the upper middle-grade audience.

I'm also an avid archer and love to big game hunt here in the mountains of Oregon. I got to call in a five by five antlered bull elk on my first bow hunt, but he was too far away to shoot.

I have a husband of 46 years, and we married when I was 16. We have three children, one has passed on. And 13 grandchildren. My husband and I have one acre and we raise goats, chickens, and two dogs.

That’s amazing. I come from a family of 12, so I always like to see large families.
Oh, how amazing, Amber. I come from a family of nine and I'm the eldest and bossiest. Our son has eight and our daughter has five children.

Love it. Your email signature quotes Phil 4:13, “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” It certainly sounds true for you! I was amazed to see that you write on a large spectrum. Can you tell us about your work?
I originally wrote for children, but my first published article was about my husband's work as a school campus police officer. The title was Don't Call Him Cop.

This was 20 years ago, and I was hooked on publishing. I sold crossword puzzles for Sunday school take home papers. I had a column in the Seventh Day Adventist Listen magazine for teens.

Ha! I love the title. I mean, adult nonfiction to YA fiction, how do you do it?
I'm ADAD???

I don't know. I guess I have always had many projects in the works even when my children were little and I was a stay-at-home mom sewing and babysitting to earn vacation money.

I enjoy having many projects going at once. And, I have had such an interesting life even as a child that I have 11 more books to write. Let's just say I get bored easily.

Quite a talent if you ask me. Now, your upcoming release focuses on one of the most heartbreaking issues I’ve seen. How did you get into this ministry?
My son, Joshua, died by suicide coming up 13 years ago in March. He was 25. I had to write about how God blessed me, held me, kept me safe after Joshua's death. The story is incredible, even to me.

Within the hour after Joshua shot himself, after I held him in my arms and felt the last heartbeat, Satan spoke in my ear: Now where is your God?

Oh wow. You are a brave woman, Jean Ann. Do you find it difficult to open up about what you went through?
No, I do not. What was hard is doing the last edits of the book and reliving the hardest parts. My editor and I did a dozen edits that last few months before the book published.

I found myself sobbing more and more and prayed the book would be done.

I cannot imagine how hard that would be for a mother. What advice do you offer to people who know a mother that is going through this?
Please, do talk about the child to the mother. We want to hear our child's name. If you know this mother well, do something to ease her horror. Even if it's a card in the mail each week to show you care.

I highly recommend my book only because it shows what God can do for us.

That sounds like great advice. When will your book become available?
My book has been out since September and is available at Create Space and Amazon.

In paper back and Kindle.



It sounds like you've poured your whole heart into God's Mercies. I hope readers will check it out. Jean Ann, I want to thank you again for being with us today. Is there anything else you'd like to share?
Yes, for those of you listening, please do not put God in a box. I found out through the first four years after Joshua's death that God is capable and will do anything to ease our sorrows.

I greatly admire you for the strength that you display, your desire to share and help others, and the way you lean on the Everlasting Arms, even in such a horrific circumstance.

Thank you for our chat, Amber. I've enjoyed our time together. God bless you!

Readers, do you have any questions for Jean Ann? I hope you'll introduce yourselves and leave Jean Ann a comment to get your name in the drawing for our weekly giveaway.

Pirates, Princesses, and Peeking into the Marden's Mark Series #Giveaway

Howdy y'all! Crystal Barnes here and I've got a talented lady with me today who's as special as her name--my buddy and fellow author, Kathrese McKee! Kathrese and I belong to the same ACFW chapter here in Texas, but you don't always see her in our group photos because she's more often than not the gal behind the camera. :)

Welcome to Stitches Thru Time, Kathrese. For those of us who don't have the privilege of knowing you, tell us a bit about yourself.

Thanks, Crystal, I’m happy to be here. For those who haven’t met me before, I am an author, teacher, and editor. My goal is to write epic adventures for young adults and anyone else who enjoys pirates and princesses combined with life's difficult questions. That means exciting stories, appropriate content, and quality craftsmanship. I am married to my college sweetheart, and we have four children, two grown-ups and two teenagers, three girls and one boy. I wasn’t born in Texas, but I was born to Texans. I hope that counts.

What are you currently writing?

Currently, I’m working on the second full-length novel in the Mardan’s Mark series. The first book is Mardan’s Mark, and the second one will be Mardan’s Anointed. There is a novella, Healer’s Curse, that should be read between the two books. I call it a companion novella to Mardan’s Mark because it takes place concurrently with that book. Characters from Healer’s Curse reappear in Mardan’s Anointed.

But back to your question. Mardan’s Anointed is at 135,000 words and counting. I’m close to the end, but I have a sneaking suspicion that I will have to give it a savage edit to keep the word count reasonable. I keep thinking about J.K. Rowling’s books in the Harry Potter series and how they grew longer as she progressed.

Mardan’s Anointed has to be on the long side because Aldan and Srilani, the main characters, both go through huge changes in their lives. That requires space. It feels like I’m writing two books at once, but hopefully, readers will appreciate how their stories intertwine.

I love the covers of your books! They look and sound so intriguing. Where did you get the inspiration for your story?

I would say that the entire series was inspired by Old Testament stories, especially the story of Deborah, but it’s a mash-up of patriarchs, judges, and kings. And pirates. Ha!

But seriously, my children were my inspiration for getting started. Back in 2007, I challenged my oldest daughter, Sarah, who was a senior in homeschool, to do NaNoWriMo with me.

We both wrote up a storm that November, and I simply kept writing after NaNoWriMo ended. I have notebooks full of handwritten chapters that will (thankfully) never see the light of day.

Later—much later—I decided that I had to get serious about Young Adult fiction, and I rewrote Book One with the encouragement of Laura Anderson Kurk, my critique partner and mentor. She writes Contemporary YA, but she graciously helped me with my epic adventure fantasy. I will forever be grateful to her for getting me started.

I'm glad you're working to give our young folks something wholesome to read that includes a great and godly message. What do you hope folks will take away from your story?

I hope they will take away a deeper appreciation of God’s nature without feeling as if they have read a sermon. In my stories, the Creator is referred to as “El.” Naturally, I want my readers to experience a rollicking good time, but I also want them to think about the nature of God and his care for us. His justice and his mercy. His timing and his will. My characters get pushed hard to make difficult, life and death choices. They believe in El, but they have to learn to trust him too. I expect any mention of a Creator will put off some readers, but for those who are searching, I hope they will be drawn closer.

Sounds like a wonderful message that you've weaved into your story. Thanks for sharing, and speaking of sharing... 

Do you have a favorite scene in the book? If so, can you tell us a bit about it?

Hmm. Can I do that without spoilers? Well, I suppose anyone who reads the cover of Mardan’s Anointed will be able to figure out that Srilani’s transition to palace life from surviving in the wilderness isn’t going to be a smooth one. One of my favorite scenes is between her and her maid, Ana, as Srilani insists that she will be wearing a sword at all times from then on. Srilani asks Ana to procure a more attractive belt and scabbard. Here’s a snippet:

"But why? None of the other ladies at court wear swords."

Srilani gave an unladylike snort. "None of them have been stolen by pirates either.” She closed her hands into fists on her lap. “We were with a squad of soldiers when we were abducted. We were supposed to be secure. The one lesson I learned from that experience is that I am responsible for my safety. If Father sets guards around me, I can’t rely on them entirely.”

Ana’s sympathetic expression encouraged Srilani to finish her confession. “I keep thinking that if I had worn a weapon that day, been a little quicker, fought a little harder, then things might have turned out differently." She stood and picked up the belt. "So tonight, I will wear my sword in this ugly scabbard, but for tomorrow evening, I want something more fitting. Can you do that?"

Sounds like my kind of gal. :) Lots of spice. 

Tell us, what is the quirkiest thing you've ever done?

A few years ago, I went to the trouble and expense of learning to ride a motorcycle as sort of a birthday present to myself. I even earned a license to drive one. But since then, I’ve never been brave enough to try it. If I ever do get up the nerve, I want to try one of the three-wheeled motorcycles like the Can-Am Spyder.

When you do, I want a ride! :D 

Before I stop asking questions of you, please tell our readers where they can connect with you. Where can readers buy your book(s)?

Readers can connect with me at KathreseMcKee.com. My books are available on Amazon, but soon, they will be available in more places. Crystal, thanks for including me in Stitches Thru Time. I had fun!

It's been a thrill having you here, Kathrese! I'm so glad you could join us. 

Folks, Kathrese has kindly offered to giveaway one FREE paperback copy of Marden's Mark to one of this post's commenters. (Sorry, only shipping within the US. Winner to be announced in Monday's Weekly Windup post.)  

So let's chat... How many of y'all like pirate stories? Do you or someone you know enjoy reading young adult novels? Have you ever ridden a motorcycle?

Author Interview with Grace Marshall

When I was a teen, one of my favorites was a YA Horse-lover series, so I'm excited to introduce you to Grace Marshall, who also writes YA books with a horse theme.

Grace is the author of the “Horse Haven” series as well as Person of Faith; she has also contributed several articles to newspapers. She enjoys hanging out with her dashing husband, J. Lindsey Marshall, their saucy cat, Amerigo Vespucci, and their playful Mastiff puppy, Mini. Grace loves all animals but especially horses. She has lived in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Tennessee, and currently resides in the Missouri hills. She believes in living life to the fullest and can’t wait to see where God will take her or have her write next. See more about Grace on her website http://www.wordsbytwo.com.

 Welcome, Grace! We're so glad you could visit us today. 

What made you decide to become a writer?

I wanted to make a difference in the world and I thought that I could show truths through writing. Through writing you can inspire people and change their minds, you can attack the roots of the problem and help those in need. Plus, it’s incredibly fun!

Where did the inspiration for your latest book come from? 

My own life. I grew up in Wisconsin and moved further south while I was in High School. I currently live in Missouri. I never lived on a ranch but did have horses for a few years, and have volunteered at horse ranches. I drew from those experiences and No Pizza Delivery? was born!

Why do you write the genre you do?

I honestly didn’t decide on the young adult genre, it just sort of happened. I desire to help people in my writing and I found that my books are targeted toward young adults. I’ve had a heart for teen ministry for a while and I feel that it’s such an important decision-making time in people’s lives, so I guess it just made sense.

How does your faith and spirituality work in with your writing? 

It’s hard to not have it work in with my writing since my faith is a part of me and my life. I want Christian teenagers to be able to read this and have an example of a girl who follows a Christian lifestyle. I don’t like how a lot of young adult book options have erotica or dark creatures in them, so I don’t include those in mine. The main family in my book also goes to church so I add some scripture in during those scenes.

Sounds great, Grace. I can relate to that. What are you working on next? 

I’m currently working on the second book of the “Horse Haven” series, that book is titled Unexpected Allies and Recurring Warts. It includes a spunky kitten on a daring rescue, a neglected mare full of love, and boys that recur like warts, which make Ruth’s life far from boring. It is scheduled to release this September.

Very interesting. Looks like you have some great stuff going on. Thank you so much for being with us! 

The Gifting Series by KE Ganshert

I can hardly contain myself as I sit to write this review. (At the time of this writing) I finished reading the series at Midnight last night and it’s still very fresh in my mind. The Gifting, The Awakening, and The Gathering by KE Ganshert are the most extraordinary contribution to YA literature that I’ve read. Better than The Hunger Games. Better than the Selection series. So completely engaging, I read all three books in five days. I admit my family was forced to scavenge on their own for a couple meals.

The story takes place in a Dystopian world where science has taken over and the whole country is convinced there is no such thing as a spiritual realm and no one has a soul. Every one who shows signs of acknowledging anything spiritual is convinced they are crazy and admitted to a mental institution. What spins out on this stage, is a coming of age story about a girl who just wants to be normal. On her way, she learns to embrace the “not-normal-ness” of her life in order to fight for a world where normal, beautiful moments can still happen.

There are so many creative details the author constructs, it reminds me of the delightful discovery of JK Rowling’s magical details when I read her books for the first time. The characters are so realistic, you’ll be cheering for them every moment you are forced to put the book down. I loved the character growth, the action packed tension on almost every page, and the emotions are beyond roller coaster…try hurricane! Romance, heart-racing action, teenage angst, fantasy, and some good old fashioned battles between good and evil make for an extra special story full of plot twists you won’t see coming.

Ganshert knows the teenaged mind. The interactions are priceless and spot on (I live with teenagers), with consistent characters who will capture your heart. She also knows how to keep the reader turning pages. Even the second book kept me hooked. One thing I love about this series is the fact that the cover is not black with blood dripping from a silver dagger or crown (You know what I mean). The books are clean, exciting, and NOT gory or depressing. While dealing with life and death and the spirit realm, this story is positive and edifying. What a welcome addition to the world of YA literature!

I hope you’ll give these books a try, even if YA is not your normal cup of tea. And if you cannot bring yourself to do it, recommend them to a teen in your life – she/he won’t be disappointed. You can snag them here, and if you want to learn more about the incredible KE Ganshert, check out her website here.

Do you read YA Lit? Why or why not?

Leave us a comment for a chance to win this week’s giveaway!

A Sit-Down with Robin Johns Grant

Carole here, and I'm tickled to welcome my friend, Robin, to our blog today! If you love great books, try hers!
Now, let's talk with her for a bit. Robin . . .

How long have you known that you were a writer?  Did you receive a clear “call?” Or have you just loved writing all your life?
I decided I was going to be a writer almost as soon as I learned to read. I loved books so much and couldn’t believe there were lucky people who made a living making up stories! The “calling” part…that’s harder. The road to make a success out of my writing has been so hard and I’ve struggled so much with whether it’s just a selfish desire that I’m praying for God to bless—or whether he has a plan to use it and I need to stick it out through the hard times for him. Wish I could say I have a definitive answer! (This might be a good place to give a plug for a whole blog post I wrote on this subject last week.)


What is the genre you write in?  Would you explain what it is?
Well…I have a nasty habit of combining genres. You never know what I’ll throw into the story next—but at least I keep you guessing and turning the pages! So far though, every story is some form of suspense with a love story thrown in for good measure. They’re all atmospheric and a little bit creepy. My first one, Summer’s Winter, was a romantic suspense about a Georgia college student and her obsession with a movie star. My current one, Jordan’s Shadow, is a little weirder, has more supernatural or fantasy elements, but is still a fun creepy suspense. I think my tagline, “Mind-bending mystery…love beyond the boundaries space and time,” sums it up nicely.


How do you spend your writing days?  Do you set goals to reach a certain number of words per day?  Can you give us a general idea of how long it takes you to write a novel?
I have absolutely no writing routine. I work full time and I’ve been one of the main care-givers for elderly parents for the last few years, and I just grab time when I can. So all of my novels have been multi-year projects. But I’m like the tortoise in the race. I keep plodding along. I keep working whenever I can snatch a few minutes or a couple of hours until I finish a project. Another complication these days is that, since I’ve published, I feel I could spend hours a day marketing and not have done enough. I’m not very good at focusing on writing and marketing at the same time. This summer, I’m planning on scaling back the marketing so I can try to write the sequel to Summer’s Winter.


What is the spiritual message in your latest book?  What can readers expect to get from reading it? 
First of all, I hope to give readers—skeptics, seekers, and Christians alike—a sense of the awe and wonder of God, of his majesty and eternity. I hope to do that with all my books, but the supernatural and fantasy elements of Jordan’s Shadow emphasize that. Also in this story, the matriarch of the family is a pragmatist who thinks that messing with supernatural foolishness is dangerous—psychologically, financially, whatever. And that supernatural nonsense includes the church. She forbids her family to have anything to do with such rubbish, but tragically learns about the “God-shaped vacuum” in all of us when she sees the effect her prohibition has on her family.


Where do you get ideas?  Character names?  Do you find your characters similar to you in any way?
Normally, characters occur to me first, and I start building situations and plot around the characters. Jeanine in Summer’s Winter is probably most like me—although she’s an idealized version of me. She’s what I wanted to be like when I was younger.

Jordan’s Shadow is the only book I’ve written that started with a premise.. I was thinking how parents start out with a baby, and they know nothing about what that infant will eventually become. Really, not even what she will look like when she grows up. Being the weird writer that I am, that got me thinking…what if the

mother saw her baby growing up and becoming more and more like someone she knew in the past? Someone she hated? Someone who had been dead for years. The premise was such spooky fun I couldn’t let it go, but I had no real plot and characters. That all took me years to build and was really difficult.


Do you have hobbies, special interests?  
I have so many hobbies and special interests that I’m constantly frustrated by my lack of free time. I love knitting and quilting and lots of other kinds of sewing. I’m also interested in a lot of geeky stuff like Star Wars (thrilled there’s a new movie coming out!) and Harry Potter and Hunger Games. Lately I’ve been combining my sewing and quilting and geekiness. I’m attaching a picture of my multi-fandom quilt.




ABOUT THE BOOK:

The Crosby family has a frightening problem. Is it psychological? Supernatural? Or something entirely unexpected?

In 1984, seventeen-year-old Rose and her fiancé discover an injured girl with no memory. The girl, Jordan, is in Rose’s life for a brief time but leaves her world shattered.

Twenty-five years later, Rose Crosby’s daughter Ginny can’t understand why her relationship with her mother has fallen apart. Ginny could swear that Rose is terrified of her lately. 

Then one awful day, Ginny overhears Rose confessing that she truly is terrified of Ginny—because to her, every day Ginny grows more and more and more like Jordan, the girl who's been dead many years. In fact, she swears that somehow, Ginny is turning into Jordan.

 

Is Ginny’s mom insane? Is there a ghost in their house, threatening to possess Ginny? Or is the demon in Rose's past, forcing her to confront what happened on that horrible day in 1984 when Jordan was killed?

As a new girl in a small town, Ginny doesn’t have much of a support system. Her old girlfriends from Atlanta have drifted away, and the only friends she’s made are, strangely enough, guys. Alec Matthews is gorgeous, but is he really interested in Ginny’s well-being? And then there’s Max Ferguson, the recently-born-again science nerd. He’s definitely on Ginny’s side, but is he a little too strange?

Strengthened by a deepening relationship with one of these two, Ginny undertakes a mind-bending journey of discovery—discovery about faith, eternity, and love beyond the boundaries of space and time. She will put to rest a mystery that has haunted her family for two generations—if she can survive.

BUY HER BOOK HERE:

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ABOUT ROBIN:

Robin Johns Grant published her first novel, Summer’s Winter, in 2014, and her second suspense novel, Jordan’s Shadow, has just been released. Summer's Winter won a bronze medal in the Romance - Suspense category of the International Readers' Favorite Book Awards, and Robin was named 2014 Author of the Year by the Georgia Association of College Stores.

Family and friends are happy that Robin’s imagination is finally paying off. She’s always had way too much of it. She started making up stories before she could write them down (dictating them to her mother) and always had her head in the clouds. She was obsessed with books and movies like Harry Potter and Star Wars and did a lot of crazy fan stuff, which helped her dream up Jeanine and Jamie’s story for Summer's Winter. It’s a romantic suspense novel, but as John Granger (author of The Deathly Hallows Lectures) said, it’s also “a romance-thriller about fandoms…and explores the important intersection of literature, spirituality, and imagination.”  

As a Christian, Robin can’t help but explore spirituality in her writing, but wants to do so in a way that reflects the awe and wonder of God and eternity.

With a degree in English, several non-fulfilling jobs under her belt, and a mid-life crisis coming on, Robin returned to school and earned a master's degree in library and information science. She now has her best day job ever as a college librarian, which keeps her young by allowing her to hang out with students.

With her wonderful husband Dave and formerly feral felines Mini Pearl and Luna, Robin lives in Georgia.  She is also surprised to find herself part owner of a pit bull named Pete, who showed up as a starving stray puppy at her mother's house.

CONNECT WITH HER HERE:

Website and blog:  http://robinjohnsgrant.com

Facebook: https://facebook.com/robinjohnsgrantauthor

Twitter: https://twitter.com/robinjohnsgrant

Happy Reading!
Blessings! --Caroline

ABOUT CAROLINE:
Besides being a member and active participant of many writing groups, Carole Brown enjoys mentoring beginning writers. She loves to weave suspense and tough topics into her books, along with a touch of romance and whimsy, and is always on the lookout for outstanding titles and catchy ideas. She and her husband reside in SE Ohio but have ministered and counseled nationally and internationally. Together, they enjoy their grandsons, traveling, gardening, good food, the simple life, and did she mention their grandsons?

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