Jacie Middlemann

Stories with hints of romance and mystery that touch on real-life issues…starting over and the challenges of new beginnings, whether it’s the jump into the thirty-something years…hitting forty…or finding fifty at your doorstep, children leaving home and sometimes coming back again, sibling relationships-no matter how old we are, mother and daughter (and sometimes sons) turmoil and reconciliations, the strength of family and strong friendships…and woven throughout are hope, forgiveness, kindness, and love. I fell in love with books when I was in the 4th grade and my free period was spent volunteering in the school library. I read every Nancy Drew book there was to check out, discovered collections of myths and fairy tales from around the world, Louisa May Alcott and C.S. Lewis. Right around the same time my father told me I could use his typewriter, but I also filled notebooks with stories. Thanks to my mother, who saved just about every single one of those notebooks, I still have them. Several years ago my father gave me his typewriter…the same one we shared all those summers ago. Every time I look at it and the box filled with notebooks of handwritten stories and dreams, I remember the young 4th grade girl who was quietly encouraged to do what she loved.