Lisa Hendey & Friends

This week, we feature three special books from and their wonderful authors.  In Leona Ashley writes about her daughter Abigail who has survived and flourished despite having her arm amputated in infancy. Crista Stewart wrote to help children understand to accept themselves and others just as God made them. Tina Schneider and Anna Discenzo and the students of The collaborated on .  is a poignant story of a young man named Demetrius Cameron-Lee Smith who made such a deep and permanent impression on so many hearts in his short lifetime that a book was written in his honor by his classmates and teacher. The bittersweet compilation of words, photographs and illustrations is dedicated to Demetrius, a brain cancer victim whose life was claimed at the tender age of twelve but who was an inspiration to all he met through his courage, zest for life and faith in God. begins a month-long series on Marriage with a reflection entitled "When Matt met Leysa".  This month, Deacon Tom is sponsoring a monthlong contest -