Gloria Winn’s forthcoming book Tears has received the Catholic Writers Guild Seal of Approval, and will be published in paperback (and e-book) at Amazon this April. She writes,
The background to this book started soon after I was healed from grieving for 18 years. When I shared my story with another person, they often commented that they changed in their grieving. They told me that their grieving had lessened. When this happened several times with different people, I began to wonder whether the story should be put into a book form. When I shared this with my spiritual director, he encouraged me to put it on paper and thus the process began.
As I wrote, I received many graces from God. You see, in school, I was told many times by teachers that I have no imagination, no creativity. They said that it was a waste of time to do a composition because I would not pass. I felt so incompetent regarding writing that even to write a journal page is “work.” But, here I was, trying to be obedient and honoring God, writing this story. When I wrote on my own steam, the thoughts and words did not flow. However; when I prayed first and then wrote, the words came easily. It was truly a lesson of grace.
You can find Gloria at her blog, Small Things with Great Love.
Jennifer Fitz
Jennifer Fitz is the author of The How-to Book of Evangelization: Everything You Need to Know But No One Ever Taught You from Our Sunday Visitor and Classroom Management for Catechists from Liguori Publications. She writes about all things evangelization and discipleship at jenniferfitz.substack.com. For updates on where else to find her, visit JenniferFitz.com.
Congratulations, Gloria!