The Last Day of School - forever

Today is the last day of school forever for my husband. What is he thinking? Excitement, time to catch up on sleep, no stress, wow, now what? Although he does have some plans there is always that fear of what if.....I am totally excited for him to retire. We can now do things that he missed out on because of school - like trips to Hawaii or seeing the grandkids in their sports, yard work - Ron loves to work in the yard, and for me he has offered to help me with marketing , Matt's Last Call: Surviving our Protectors.He is going to be my business manager which will be an enormous help. He will also help promote my book among his different groups of men he works with in our community. I'm hoping for a good long tour. All in all I am looking forward to having my husband home.

End of an Era

With the end of school approaching we find ourselves wondering what God has planned for us. Ron has 7 more days until retirement. Things we know: our last sport's awards and sad good-byes to our great tennis teams, multiple retirement parties to attend - Ron really deserves to be recognized for all the great things he has accomplished as a teacher and coach. He really doesn't like acknowledgements - wants the other guy to get all the recognition. However, after his first party and yesterdays recognition at school I think he kinda likes it. Don't tell him I said that! One thing we know for sure is Matt's Last Call: Surviving our Survivors will be launched in October. I still have to go over the layout when that is completed and ok everything so it can be printed. So, what are our plans? Probably a book tour but have no details at this point. All I know is I want it out there among ALL law enforcement, military/veterans, and anyone who is contemplating suicide or those who grieve due to a loved who who took his/her own life. Ron will definitely continue teaching tennis lessons and camps as well as Men's Ministry. He looks forward to having time to do his favorite things. For now, everything is in God's hands. May God bless each and every one of you.

Sad and Lonely

This past weekend and through next Friday - June 1 - 7 years since Matt died has been so hard on me. Even though I had my 3 beautiful grandchildren here for five days Memorial Day is so hard and grief has hit me harder than any other  year. I am sad and lonely at my loss and I struggle to do anything. Some people say it gets easier - Well - They are WRONG! All I can do is lean on God - thank goodness He does not get tired of me- He is the only one I can count on. I must look forward to the launch of: Matt's Last Call: Surviving our Protectors. It looks like the launch date will be late October - not sure when I personally will get to start selling books on my own. I just picked out the cover so now we will move on to layout. Praise The Lord!

Graphic Designer

God is so great! Back in January I started working on marketing and looking through the many graphic designers at my publishers. There was one persons work that I loved. I was hoping I would get him. I held my breath when I receive the email that  Shawn would be my graphic designer for my book cover. A week or so ago we talked on the phone to get to know one another. I shared ideas with him about ideas for the cover and he gave me some ideas. This month he is working on several different covers and then he will send them to me to pick the one I want on: Matt's Last Call: Surviving our Protectors. I should have them by the 24th! I am so excited - I think we are a great fit. He and his wife have just had their second child - congratulations to them. And thank you God for blessing me with Shawn and thank you Shawn for taking on my book cover.

NEW TITLE

For marketing purposes the name of my book has changed. I need to trust my editor as she knows what sells and how to get my book out to everyone. That is the most important thing as much as I hated to change the title. My book will be going international so we need to reach out to everyone. I'm going to trust the Lord on this one as it was the hardest decision I have had to make during this entire process. The title is:

MATT'S LAST CALL: SURVIVING OUR PROTECTORS

Please help me out by sending this out to all your friends. Things are starting to pick up and before we  know it the book will be on the sheves of bookstores around the world. Help me save a life.

Suicide

Aprill 22 The Wenatchee World published an article: Three Mothers Share Their Grief Of Losing Sons To Suicide. Please log on to The Wenatchee World and read this article. I am one of the mothers. KC did an excellent job of writing it - I was very impressed. Suicide is growing daily and I want to stop it. My book is with the layout and design people now, I think. If not it will be very soon. I am looking forward to getting it out so those contemplating suicide might change their minds. People DO care and help is out there. It is important to know that those left behind are in the worst kind of pain you can imagine. Please let us help you - life can always get better especially if you have Jesus on your side. He is my strength and I can go on because of HIM.

Jesus Christ is Risen

What a blessing Easter was - Jesus Christ is Risen and we have eternity because He died for us. Our sins are forgiven. Our church service was awesome and so powerful.

I am so thankful we were home from Palm Desert so we could hear the awesome message our pastor gave. The church was standing room only and the music was fantastic. My prayer is that everyone would return to our church, or any church for that matter, and accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior if they haven't already. May God richly bless each and everyone of you.