BRENDA ECKEL
Brenda is a retired social worker, having spent 25 years in the adoption field, working with birthparents and adoptive parents. For much of this time she was the executive director of a not for profit agency. Medical and educational sponsorship of children in orphanages in third world countries occupied much of her time. She also trained as a nurse. Professionally, she served as clinical director for a charitable medical clinic for four years.
Writing has been her passion for most of her life. She holds a master’s degree in counseling, and many friends and acquaintances have benefitted from her expertise in this field. She is an avid crafter, enjoying graphic design, cake decorating, and stained glass. Brenda also enjoys traveling internationally and has visited numerous countries in her travels, including 7 trips to China.
Currently she resides in a large city in North Texas. She and her husband, Bruce, have been married for 40 years and are the parents of 4 adult children, two of whom were adopted from China as toddlers. Currently she is working on a novel of the experience and formed relationships from finding her son’s biological parents in China as well as a novel about her experiences and relationships in nursing school.
On her list of to do’s are to take a Rhine River Cruise and to visit Israel.
ABOUT
Allison is a petite young woman who has experienced lots of love and loss in her brief lifetime. After her husband was killed in Afghanistan, she never thought about remarrying…after all, they had been best friends since the age of four.
She floundered around for a few years after his death prior to becoming the companion to a feisty and lovely older woman, Aunt Jayne. Jayne’s nephew, Jim, and Allison meet and their relationship grows into a good friendship. After Jayne’s death, things change dramatically and through many trials and devastating experiences Allison and Jim experience the redemptive power of love.
Book is available in paperback, hard cover, and audio media from Amazon.com and at all major book retailers.
PROJECTS
JOSHUA'S RED THREAD
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Yang Wenfu was only 10 months old when he was severely burned in a house fire in China. His biological family was very poor and tried to get medical care for his condition at two different local hospitals.
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Unable to afford the medical costs, the father felt that his only option was to abandon the child at a hospital.
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This book chronicles the child's journey from the hospital to an orphanage and finally to adoption by an American family.
The journey continues in his teen years as his adoptive family and he seek to find his biological family among the millions of people in China.
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With much assistance, his biological family is located and a relationship between his adoptive family and the biological family ensued.
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Come take this journey with the families as their lives are connected through the red thread.
ESCAPADES of a Nursing Student
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Linda was a mature woman when she entered nursing, feeling that she had been called by God to do this. Her age and maturity did little to prepare her for the experiences and relationships that unfolded during her tenure in the nursing program.
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Come along as she gets to know the other nursing students and all of the drama associated with their lives and effect on their educational process.
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This is a look at the behind scenes of what actually occurs in a nursing school...at least Linda's.
