Author Terri Reed & Her Mother-in-Law

My guest today is Terri Reed, another Love Inspired Author. Here's Terri:

"When I think of strong women I think of my mother-in-law. I met her twenty eight years ago. She’s a petite spit fire who raised three kids on her own by working three jobs and doing the best she could to provide for her children. She welcomed me into the family with open arms and taught me how to be strong. Through the years, she’s been the one I turn to when I have questions about kids, health or most anything. She’s lived a hard life, an adventurous life and now an enjoyable life in retirement. She’s the glue that holds her children’s lives together, even though they are adults now. She’s been the best grandmother to her grandchildren and a good friend to me.

As I write this she is undergoing surgery to replace her knee for the second time. The first time was eighteen years ago. Her doctors say she’s strong physically enough at over seventy to come through the procedure well. I’m praying so.

When my mother-in-law found out I wanted to be a writer, she took my husband out and made him buy me a word processor (this was way back before computers) and then when they gave it to me she said, “Now write.”

I started and haven’t looked back. I thank God every day that He brought my husband and my mother-in-law into my life."--Terri

Terri, what a wonderful woman! You have been blessed. Now here's the scoop on Terri's latest Love Inspired Suspense.






NOW YOU SEE THEM, NOW YOU DON’T

When senior citizens start disappearing from a

Boston retirement home at Christmas time, heiress Kristina Worthington is suspicious.

Especially when she fears her beloved grandmother is next. Without

solid evidence, she’s forced to turn to the one police officer who might

listen—her former love, Gabe Burke. Now a seasoned cop, Gabe still

sees her as the rich girl whose family thought he wasn’t good enough.

And though he takes the case, Gabe seems convinced he’s chasing shadows.

Until they start dodging threats, bullets...and their own rekindled feelings.

Terri Reed

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Merry Christmas!--Lyn

Linda Goodnight Honors Her Mother in Law

Today my guest is another Love Inspired author Linda Goodnight, a RITA award-winning author (I sat beside her last year when she won it and heard her scream.) Linda pays tribute to her mother in law. Here's Linda:
"I’ve had so many strong women in my life-Women who influenced, encouraged and just plain blessed me. Since my current book is Mothers and Daughters I thought I’d talk about a mom. Not my own mom, but my mother-in-law, Lorene. By the world’s standards, Lorene was not a particularly successful woman. She was poorly educated, having gone only to about the 5th or 6th grade. Most of her life, she worked as an aide in nursing homes—and did it with great love and caring, I might add. She suffered many hardships from being abandoned by her father to living in a dirt-floor tent to losing a child. And yet this woman was a fortress of quiet, uncomplaining strength.

A gentle, Christ-like nature just flowed out of her. Material possessions meant little, but people meant everything. No matter their issues, their mistakes, their illness or how ‘unlovely’ they might be, Lorene accepted them, prayed for them and tried to help them. Even when someone wronged her, Lorene never reacted in anger. Never. It’s hard to believe, but it’s true. I loved her, and thank God that I was blessed to be her daughter-in-law. So it is not surprising that I dedicated my Mother’s Day anthology to Lorene.



Mothers and Daughters includes two novellas. One is by bestselling author, Deborah Bedford, a beautiful story, by the way. My contribution, “Unforgettable,” tells of two strong women, though the daughter does not recognize her own strength until the flamboyant, sometimes embarrassingly outrageous mother, Granny Frannie, is faced with an uncertain and frightening future. I hope you’ll pick up a copy of Mothers and Daughters and let me know what you think. It’s a perfect Mothers’ Day gift, too!