THE AUTHOR

Debra Dingman’s passion for writing was sparked by winning an eighth-grade essay contest about America’s future—which was seen through her rose-colored glasses—and she hasn’t stopped writing since. It’s all her grandmothers’ fault: Her Grandma Perry told her that she was going to be a writer like her Aunt Fern and her Ma Beasley told her to choose a career using her brain–not her back–because her back would give out but her brain would work ‘till she died. (well, maybe…!) Like her Aunt Fern Murray, this is Debra’s 2nd and published book (grade school missives or full diaries of longing after boys don’t count.)

She earned her BA in journalism while winning numerous writing and public speaking awards and now has covered family issues over 50 years in her writings. But, there have been no more real lessons—some funny and some heartbreaking–provided than the first-hand experiences of being a mother and grandmother. Before aging makes her forget those, she shares them here.