The Pilgrimage

About the Book

This book is about a pilgrimage in search of a miraculous cure that didn’t happen (quite), at least not in the way expected. It’s also about faith and hope and the wonderful healing power of forgiveness and reconciliation. This book was first written in response to my doctor brother’s gentle but persistent reminders that I really ought to do so. I thank him for that. Even more I thank my dear friend, James W. Henderson, whom I have known since we were fellow members of Miss E. Barbee Jackson’s eight grade ‘Belle Letters’ club. I thank him from the bottom of my heart for all the corrections, suggestions, and above all encouragement he so generously and patiently has given me even up to this time. And of course I thank Janet for all of her stalwart help before, during, and after the pilgrimage.

About the Author

The author was born in 1917 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma where she lived, off and on, For thirty-six years, meanwhile was married and had four children. Widowed, she moved with her children to Topeka, Kansas where she stayed sixteen years, studied to be a teacher, remarried briefly, and had two more children (twins). Her serious illness caused her to move east hoping for non-existent treatment. After two years in Florida she moved to rural Vermont where she still lives and makes books for children.