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Everyone has a pandemic story. Even if you don’t know it, you have one too. We were all derailed in someway by the COVID-19 virus, the likes of which none of us had ever seen or experienced. And, we all learned to adjust, to cope, and to change in small and big ways. My pandemic story begins in New Jersey where I’d been a struggling artist for many years.

A collection of previously published inspirational and humorous short stories with positive and feel-good takeaway messages. Reflections of everyday life, each story is an easy and quick listen, but you will not want to pause this audiobook! In "Angels on Ice", the author shares inspirational lessons gleaned from surviving a near-death experience at age seven. Stories of home life, like "Freezer Bra" and "Reverse Engineering", are sure to tickle your funny bone and elicit chuckles!

Family separation. Kids are separated from good, law abiding, American parents and others all over the world every day through "Family Court" systems. Can you imagine what it’s like to NOT have the phone number, address, or email of your own children, and be blocked from all forms of social media? You can, if you are an alienated, erased, or amputated parent. Do you know what it’s like to enter your own child’s name into an internet search to satisfy your natural urge to know if they are dead or alive?

I Am Woody, and I invite you to come inside my mind, thoughts, and feelings. I'm a dog with a wise old soul, very focused on helping and healing the humans in my life. Follow me through several homes where you will meet families and friends I have lived with, loved, prayed for, taught, and learned from. Laugh, cry, and love with me on my journey from Georgia to the Northeast to find Madolyn and help heal her breaking heart. Through my relationship and travels with her, I also touch the hearts and souls of her friends, while my own heart literally breaks and bleeds.