Sufficient Grace by Jessica Greyson6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() “Well, I would buy a copy,” Grandma Letha piped up. I want to read that book, because I know that you have many wonderful stories to share.” ![]() “You need to write a book about your family and the title needs to be There Was Always Laughter in Our House. “Oh? What is that?” I asked, expecting an interesting fiction idea from this man who had fun stories to tell about his growing-up years, his time in Korea, or raising his children. “I know what your next book needs to be and what it should be called.” When I finally paused, Grandpa Leroy looked down at me with a smile. I sat on the floor telling them about my latest book projects and other little happenings in my life. It was a pleasant day in January 2015 and we had come to pick up my sister Grace, who had been helping them clean their house. ![]() So, this feisty elderly couple had adopted us and we had adopted them. Relations with my own grandparents had been strained, and my siblings and I felt the loss. We had moved from my childhood home into a new area almost two hours away from my best friend. ![]() This is an excerpt from There Was Always Laughter in Our House:Īlthough he’s not a blood relation, he and his spunky wife adopted us kids as their grandchildren when I was about eight years old. ![]()
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