Here is a segment from a life long work. My goal is to get it published this Fall. So many years of research are now becoming the fulfillment of a story that haunted my family for generations. The biggest surprise of all to me was it turned out to be a story of redemption. I had a fascination with Nancy from the 1st time I heard her story told, and have come to love her and cherish her journey. The fireplace cracked in the brisk morning air. Nancy’s old pale eyes flutter open. She has been quite ill for some time now. This morning however she feels energetic. Not only energy but a great peace has taken over her heart. Her mother described herself the same way only hours before she passed. Nancy now knew in her heart she too only had hours left. She had no desire to spend it in this stuffy room of the dead. She wanted laughter and communion with others in these her final hours. An idea fluttered through her head and she sat up tentatively. She swung her legs over the side...