carried by a feather

Do bad things happen in threes? For one family, this clich proved to be true after experiencing a trifecta of epic proportions. And then came number four. In a span of twenty years, a family of three would be tragically splintered, leaving only one to recount their tale. In her debut book, Joan Hyams Schmitz shares a story of love, loss, and grief with honesty, candor, and raw emotion served with a sprinkling of the divine. She credits her ability to tap into her reservoir of resilience and inner strength to a few feathered friends, a handful of tenets, a unique club, and signs, symbols, and messages from a place not so far away. Ride along with one family's journey that reiterates and reinforces the fact we all have a story and it's worth sharing. By sharing our stories, we reveal our interconnectedness and the fact we're never really alone as we traverse this thing called life.

About the Author
Hyams Schmitz, Joan: - Joan Hyams Schmitz writes to offer food for thought to anyone willing to read her stories. Much of her material was acquired at the School of Hard Knocks, where she maintains a front row seat. Life has tossed her more than a fair share of lemons, which resulted in many batches of lemonade. Joan has always been fascinated with the human mind, leading to both a degree in psychology and a lifetime of reading, self-reflection, neuroses-dissection, spiritual exploration, and countless hours spent on a counselor's couch. Her hard-won insights and wisdom gained via age, coupled with German genes and the roar of Leo the Lion have enabled Joan to remain vertical when life has attempted to knock her down. Multiple times. This is her debut as an author. She never thought she had the patience to write a book. She proved herself wrong.