I want to start by thanking everyone from the bottom of my heart for all the sweet and kind messages about my new children’s book, Patsy Bea! I will admit that I was a little nervous about sharing my new book, so I was blown away by everyone’s comments…Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!
I do want to share another story about my grandmother, Patsy Bea. She loved to send hand written letters, cards, and notes to everyone. She would just send them just to let you know she was thinking about you. She collected cards of all kinds so that she could just grab one from her collection and send it to a friend or family member when she felt they might need one. I received so many cards, postcards, and letters from her over the years. Before we lost her to cancer, she also began showing the early signs of Alzheimer’s. She would sometimes send us Halloween cards for Thanksgiving or Easter cards for Valentine’s but it would always bring a smile to our face. After she did pass way, I missed her more than you can imagine, but I would find these notes from time to time. One might slip out of the pages of a book that I opened or I might find one I had left in a box. I have found several of these little notes over the years, and it always brings me a moment of pure happiness. I can’t help but think these notes showed up for a reason.
That brings me back to the book, Patsy Bea. I decided to send a little note to the children who were blessed to read about Patsy Bea because I know that is what my grandmother would have wanted. I will tell you that writing these little notes has brought me so much happiness and I feel like a little bit of what I write is coming from her. She would have felt so honored that you were able to read her story. And the messages that I have received from everyone also feel like she may have had a little to do with them too.
