Gone But Not Forgotten

In book 1, Gone But Not Forgotten: an Ozark autumn to be remembered, AJ (Autumn Jade) Leddering is a nurse practitioner with a specialty in maternal-child services. Her father and stepmother passed away, and she found out she had been adopted and had no biological relatives. AJ had found her birth certificate in a storage shed along with a journal started by a great-grandmother in 1876. There were many contributors to the journal through the decades ending with her own mother who left a tearstained note in 1988. AJ began a trip from Seattle to the Arkansas Ozarks to search for her biological roots. Along the way, she found many friends and married her best friend in the cemetery where her great-grandmother was buried.

In book 2, Gone But Not Forgotten: an Ozark winter frost," the story of AJ continues. She and her husband, Patrick, leave Seattle to start their family in the Ozarks and build the Autumn Rose Home and Foundation which is a shelter for pregnant women in decision. The book is a combination of serious relationship challenges as well as comedic incidences encountered on the ranch. You will become more acquainted with AJ's distant cousin Eileen McCleary, who is also featured in book 1. Eileen experiences great challenges in her marriage but firmly holds to the promise that God will answer her prayers. Her husband, Doug McCleary, struggles with a long past loss and, in the end, experiences forgiveness and redemption. AJ and her friends find that in every situation in life, God's Word can be found as a guide and sustainer, and in any circumstance, God can always be praised for who He is.

-- Suella Thrasher