Chapters of Life

Preserving the Past ~ One Family's Story at a Time

Archive for February, 2018

From Farm Boy to Global Ambassador

    I enjoyed working with Thomas Chandler Jr. of San Jose, California, in publishing his memoirs, From Fa rm Boy to Global Ambassador, in 2017. During our interviews, he shared a remarkable story of how a dyslexic pig farmer from Illinois become Southeast Asia director of a worldwide missions organization providing relief to victims of […]

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Parents’ Life Story Immortalized

Two years ago, I was honored to help Dorothy “Dotty” Jean (Stump) Light published her book, Busy and Blessed: The Memoirs of Dotty Jean (Stump) Light. She passed away in April but first shared her life story with friends and family. During 2017, I helped her husband, Frank M. Light, publish his book, Glimpses of […]

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Nurse’s Diary of Training During World War II

Once again I had the privilege of working with Judith Litchfield of Portland, who wrote Providence White Caps: The Diary of Bernice Lorang, RN.  She based the story on the diary her aunt kept while training at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Vancouver, Washington. This is Judy’s third book Chapters of Life has published. The first […]

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