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Omaha man publishes mom's book years after her death

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Omaha man publishes mom's book years after her death
Omaha man publishes mom's book years after her death

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A DREAM - 25 YEARS INTHE MAKING - REALIZED.AN OMAHA MAN HELPED HIS MOMBECOME A PUBLISHED AUTHOR -DECADES AFTER HER DEATH.AS HE TOLD ME, IT’S APROJECT THEY DID TOGETHER.A PITCH TO A PUBLISHER....21:26 HAVE YOU EVER WANTEDSOMETHING SO BADLY THAT YOURHEART ACHED FOR IT.PATRICK SECHSER READS HISMOTHER’S WORDS - DECADES LATER.6:50 FROM THE TIME SHE WROTETHAT COVER LETTER TO THE TIMESHE PASSED AWAY, I’LL NEVER KNOWWHY SHE WASN’T ABLE TO DO IT.

57MAUREEN CARVER SECHSER DIEDAT THE AGE OF 46 OF LUPUS.PATRICK WAS JUST 16.HE HAD THIS BIN WITH HERUNPUBLISHED WORDS..

AMANUSCRIPT.TUCKED AWAY.... UNREAD FOR18 YEARS.4:05 IN THE WAY THAT SERENDIPITYWORKS, A WEEK AND A HALF LATERMY FATHER SHOWED UP AND HANDEDME THAT PURPLE BINDER.

11A SECOND MANUSCRIPT - MOREINSIGHT INTO HIS MOM’S WORK.16:23 IT’S LIKE FATE HAPPENEDAND I KNEW, LIFE IS TELLING MEWHAT I SHOULD DO.BY COMBINING THE TWOVERSIONS AND EDITING ALONG THEWAY..

PATRICK WAS ABLE TO GETTHE YOUNG ADULT NOVEL, TITLEDTHE PIANO LESSONS..

PUBLISHED INNOVEMBER 2020.22:58 WE WROTE A BOOK TOGETHER,25 SOME YEARS APART BUT WE DIDIT TOGETHER.STAND UP, EITHER ONE THIS PARISHLIBRARY AT ST ROBERT BELLARMINEIS SPECIAL TO PATRICKS FAMILYNOT JUST BECAUSE THIS BOOK SITSON THE SHELF HERE BUT BECAUSEMANY OF THE BOOKS HERE WEREDONATED IN HIS MOTHER’S NAME.158:37 ANYBODY THAT GETS INVOLVEDIN THIS PROJECT IS HELPING HERFULFILL HER DREAMS. 40ONE OF THE BOOK’SCHARACTERS IS NAMED PATRICK.AND THERE ARE OTHER NODS TOTHEIR LIFE.5:35 WHEN BOTH MY UNCLES READ ITAND ALSO WHEN I READ IT, ITFEELS LIKE THEY FOUND THEIRSISTER AGAIN.

42 AND UM, IT’SWONDERFUL, I CAN’T ASK FOR ABETTER GIFT.

46HANDWRITTEN CHAPTERSTRANSFORMED INTO A PUBLISHEDCOPY.21:28 DO LIFE DISTRACTIONS EVERGET IN YOUR WAY ..A BOOK ABOUT OVERCOMINGOBSTACLES..8:49 FOR ME GROWING UP, MYMOTHER HAS BEEN ABSENT FROM MYLIFE JUST BECAUSE OF WHATHAPPENED AND I’VE HAD A LOT OFGRIEF ABOUT THAT, BUT TO BE ABLETO FINALLY COMPLETE THIS, I HAVELIBERATED MYSELF AS BEST ASPOSSIBLE FROM THAT GRIEF.

03A NEW CHAPTER - CONNECTION- EVEN THROUGH LOSS.TODAY MARKS THE 20 YEARANNIVERSARY OF HER DEATH.YOU CAN BUY A COPY OF THEIRBOOK, ONLINE OR LOCALLY AT THEBOOK WORM, WE HAVE LINKS AT 3NEWS NOW DOT COM.PATRICK SAYS HE PLANS TODONATE THE MONEY FROM BOOK

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