Write for You - Kathy Evans

"...When I read the pages I heard my dad's laughter coming through as if he were right there telling the story to me."

Nitas book

Kathy, I want to thank you for the incredible gift you've given me of my father's life story. It is priceless. I have picked it up several times and read a few pages and marvel that my father's life is in a book—a beautiful book. The workmanship on the binding, the layout of the pages, and the printing are all first class.

The best and most marvelous thing for me though, is that when I read the pages I heard my dad's laughter coming through as if he were right there telling the story to me. His voice, his unique way of turning a phrase, is captured in the words. It truly is not just a story about him but he is telling his story.

I am grateful that his story will live on. His children, grandchildren, and their children will be able to know him even though he may no longer be with us. His great-grandchildren might read this book and see part of themselves in their great-grandfather.

While you were working with my father, he would call and thank me for sending you his way. Memories bubbled up that he hadn't thought about in years. It was a cathartic experience for him at 75 to think of all he had done, all the people he had touched, and all who had touched him. He relished you coming over to not only hear his stories but to record them so his life story would live after he was no longer able to tell it.

You witnessed his life by listening to him and you made his story into a beautiful book that my family will always treasure.

Thank you, Kathy O'D.

Greg sent me the finished copies of My First 80 Years, after I had left for Florida. So, when they arrived, I headed for the sun and read it to the end. Thank you, Kathy, for an excellent story of those 80 years. How you did it from the tapes, phone calls, and our personal interviews, I don't know. I am handing copies out as my family visits us here.

Thank you for everything, Ray C.

Kathy! Please don't change a thing that you're doing. The process has been a healing and happy one for him. Dad told me on Thursday that this book has been one of the "greatest experiences of his life." I want it to continue in that vein.

This process should probably be prescribed for everyone who is grieving!

Thanks Kathy, for providing him with this tremendous opportunity. The whole family is looking forward to reading it! —Missy F.

estimonials

Kathy, Dad is thrilled and I can't thank you enough. In retrospect I realize that it was the process of life review that you took him through, not the product, that meant the most for Dad. He looked forward to each and every interview with you and would often call soon after to recount what you'd discussed. He couldn't believe how interested you were in him and his life. You drew things out of him that his children never knew about. I know he's disappointed that the two of you don't have your chats anymore!

Of course, for the rest of us it is the product that we will cherish—for generations. You did an excellent job of capturing and organizing Dad's life. It is classic Dad through and through—though perhaps a bit more polished! I flowed right through my first reading of it and just loved everything about it. Your writing style was perfect. I can't thank you enough. The entire experience of working with you—from start to finish—has been a joy.

Thanks so much for all you've done for our family, Greg C.

"Kathy, Writing this book with you has been a lifelong plan and it is a dream come true. I had it in my head and memory and brain, and you and you alone tapped the spot in my heart to draw it out and put it all together. I couldn't imagine my life story ever becoming what Dancing on His Shoes turned out to be. The day you came up with that title, I knew I was home safe with a friend that knew me as well as I know myself. I was in your hands and I knew all would right. It was a very long journey in a short amount of time, but that is also true of my life. Our chats were so therapeutic for me and I felt healthier because of them. It meant more to me than you can know."
--Shirley D.

Dear Kathy, I wish to take a moment or two to congratulate you and express my appreciation for your work in preparing my life story. Since the completion of the book, it has made the rounds of many of my family members and several individuals at my law firm.

Most of the readers did not realize what a "rounder" I had been in my younger life, and without exception, they were all truly impressed with your skills and professionalism in making the narrative such interesting reading. Of course, I told everyone that I didn't have the courage to let all the skeletons out of the closet!

I think I may have influenced others to do what I have done, with your help. You can rest assured you will have my strongest recommendation if they choose to do likewise.

Very Truly Yours, Jerome B.

Dear Kathy, Thank you for the time you spent with Molly. She enjoyed your conversations more than you can imagine. Her story, written in your book will be with our family for generations and we are ever grateful to have that story now. —Jan D.

Dear Kathy, I am pleased to have you use me as a reference for "Write For You" Life Stories. It would be wonderful if more people used your service and talent to record their stories for posterity.

I could not have been more pleased with your professionalism and with your style of writing in recording my story. The members of my family who have read the book are extremely pleased with the way you were able to include bits of humor into an otherwise factual narrative.

Kathy, it was a real pleasure working with you. Your ability to adjust your busy schedule with my busy schedule made it possible to accomplish the otherwise impossible! I would certainly encourage others to seriously consider having you record their life story—even those who don't feel they have anything of interest to record. They will be very pleasantly surprised!

The very best of everything to a very talented lady!

Sincerely, Ray W. H.

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