So why would I do a second edition of Great Granny and Her Yucky Old Cat? A new version of my original book? In my second blog I wrote how I had widowed and lost my husband of 40 years 3/31/21. For the next year and a half, I lived as a single woman for the first time in my life. I married at 18 going from my daddy’s home to my husband’s. I took this time off to travel and visit friends and family because recall we had been in lock down from Covid and the world was opening up. I dealt with my loss after getting my shipment of book orders of 150 out with my children’s help. I truly think the timing of this books publishing at this time was a gift from my heavenly Father. We were all hurting. It was a sweet distraction for us and family bonding and appreciation time.

So I traveled for a year and a half. I did enjoy this time making many new friends and adventures. But I realized I did not want to walk this world alone. So I made one specific prayer to my heavenly Father September 2022. My prayer was answered just so and quickly. I was engaged a month later. And happily dating and planning a wedding. Then Christmas Day 2022, I went outside to let my dog out and he got away from me. I went into the yard to get him and next thing I know I am on the ground and can not get up. Then I see my fianc’e, John pulling into the yard wondering what he is doing here as we had kept our courtship very chaste. He tells me I had a stroke! I am in denial and refusing to believe him as I had no pain. Only thing I knew was I could not get off the blasted cold ground and my left side was not working but I’m not aware of this because a large portion of my brain was not working so thinking is not clear. He calls an ambulance, my children which I’m upset about because they had not long lost their dad. Did not want him panicking them needlessly. Ambulance arrives as well as my children very shortly off to the first hospital. Where they did a TPA to break up the clot. Then helicopter ride to next hospital. Only then did I realize, this is serious business. While in the helicopter I regained all mobility on my left side. Three days in the hospital it was determined my stroke was from a Patent Foreman Ovale (PFO). This is the chamber of the heart that should had closed at birth or shortly thereafter. I surely had had a massive stroke. I thank God for modern medicine and his prodding to John to come let my dogs out something he had not done before. And his speedy response to get me help even though I was fighting him about it! He styed with me while I was in the hospital only leaving when relieved by someone. I told him this isn’t a done deal and his reply if I have to push you in a wheelbarrow we’re getting married. Which we did as planned 2/4/23. Had a beautiful fairytale wedding we neither could have ever foreseen. He too was a widow having lost his wife of 44 years May of 2020 suddenly. I had completely forgotten my little book at this point. My momma died 8 days after we wed. Talk about a roller coaster life. As the family is looking for pictures for our Momma’s memorial, pictures surface that have to do with my book. The original pictures of the house and my horse Big Red. And I had to get my siblings and all my grandmothers in there and change the About the Author section and add my new last name. I honestly thought this was my one and done book.

So how is it that I wrote a sequel? Please join me for my future blog. The sequel Return to Great Granny and Her Yucky Old Cat LIFE IS LEMONADE WITH PEACHES AND CREAM. It will be published this summer. I truly did not think I had a sequel in me. Please return to see how my sequel came about and thank you for reading my blogs.