Remember this as you read Life Through These Eyes, Vol II: There is always a story within a story. I am often asked, “Are your characters real?” Oh yes, they are all real—very real to me. I loved a few, disliked many, and spent years trying to forget some. The book covers six decades of my life—stories of love, exceptional friendships, pets raising humans, marriage at its best and worst, really mean people, holiday memories, men being men, and much more.

At age fifty-eight, I discovered I had a message I wanted to share: A message that contained memories from...

Remember this as you read Life Through These Eyes, Vol II: There is always a story within a story. I am often asked, “Are your characters real?” Oh yes, they are all real—very real to me. I loved a few, disliked many, and spent years trying to forget some. The book covers six decades of my life—stories of love, exceptional friendships, pets raising humans, marriage at its best and worst, really mean people, holiday memories, men being men, and much more.

At age fifty-eight, I discovered I had a message I wanted to share: A message that contained memories from...