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it down i grew to adore your grandparents uncles and aunts so much the love shared in the wilson family was inspiring their devotion to serving and encouraging each other was beautiful i grew to understand in new ways the tragedies of war and the costs paid for freedom the beauty of sacrifice so much loss in the wilson family and so much to be proud of you are blessed to be part of a legacy of love joy and it s easy to see that you re passing that on in every way you can it s even more of an honor to me now looking back that young patriots club was able to sing at the dedication of the dallas county freedom rock where your uncles are featured i wish i d have been able to read your book before the dedication i will have a lot to say about the wilson family when we start up ypc practice again in january i m grateful for the way you and your family have touched my life and the lives of the children i teach it s stories like these that you re keeping alive that instill gratitude and appreciation in our children i m grateful for the hard work you put into leora s letters it s beautifully written joy i will be highly recommending this book to many of my friends reply joynealkidney says december 30 2019 at 5 13 am thank you julie there was no book yet when the freedom rock was dedicated it was still in the final stages but i didn t want it to compete with the freedom rock i wish i d connected with your young patriots club better but it was only the second time i d spoken anywhere since coming down with fibromyalgia 18 years earlier the first time was the week before and didn t know i d be speaking at the dedication please stay in touch julie reply j bunce says december 30 2019 at 7 42 am great review leora willoughby says december 31 2019 at 1 30 pm just a quick note to thank you for the bookmarks january 6 is coming quickly i will think good thoughts for you love leora reply gp cox says january 7 2020 at 4 55 am hi joy thought you might be interested in this article https americanmilitarynews com 2020 01 iowa veteran seeks to raise 5000 to honor lost friend utm_campaign dailyemails utm_source am_email utm_medium email reply joynealkidney says january 7 2020 at 5 19 am yes thank you there are some national groups that do this but i like that this is local reply gp cox says may 15 2020 at 2 20 pm joy somehow that link went elsewhere this was the link i meant to send you my apologies https thegenxtravels com 2020 05 11 letters from an iowa farm boy in the army 1945 1946 part 1 reply joynealkidney says may 15 2020 at 2 49 pm i actually got them both thank you looks interesting beetleypete says january 9 2020 at 6 02 am hi joy i have shared the recent post about your book by gp cox you don t seem to have any share buttons on here so i cannot share your information on twitter meanwhile i have followed you there best wishes and good luck with the book pete reply joynealkidney says january 9 2020 at 11 16 am hmm if i figure out how to add a share button i would thanks for your note reply claudiajustsaying says august 9 2020 at 10 10 am joy our backgrounds are very different i was born in the bronx ny lived on long island and then upstate new york in my teens i have 7 siblings four sisters and three brothers all living and none went to war several grandfathers served but never injured i m sorry your family has had to endure any loss i enjoyed your writing just saying claudia reply joynealkidney says august 9 2020 at 10 34 am claudia i grew up on an iowa farm and have only one sister leora s letters the story of love and loss for an iowa family during world war ii is about my mother s family leora was their mother and my delightful grandmother my birth two days before d day shows up on page 223 my dad and his brother were also farmers who became pilots uncle bill flew over the hump and dad became an instructor he had orders for saipan as the commander of a b 29 when the war ended their stories are under the wwii category of my website thanks for visiting reply fuelfortheraceblog says august 23 2020 at 8 29 pm hi joy i found you on facebook but no button for friend req i don t get it so sorry about that reply joynealkidney says august 24 2020 at 5 38 am hmm i don t get it either i did notice that you liked something so at least you found my fb page wonder what s up reply gretchenjoanna says september 21 2020 at 12 51 pm the scripture verses a the end of this article seem so well chosen they are encouraging i think you are a sort of star for faithfully doing your loving work reply joynealkidney says september 21 2020 at 2 46 pm i shared the first one when i published a genealogy the second one was in the front of my first book published last year the verse for the next book of my grandmother s depression era stories is psalm 113 7 he raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap bless you for your note i start my journaling each morning with praise god from whom all blessings flow amazed and humbled at the journey he has me on reply williamrablan says january 6 2021 at 6 03 pm wow things have grown since i last looked congarats on the award reply joynealkidney says january 6 2021 at 6 22 pm still having fun waiting for a critique on leora s depression era stories i ve started leora s early stories and even one about her christmases through the decades blog post 500 is coming up how did that happen reply marilyn k black says september 19 2021 at 4 57 pm my name is marilyn frost black just received your book and enjoyed it very much i found my aunt on page 73 where you mentioned the basketball team 1933 my aunt ig and my mother cleo hoy both played on the 1931 team that is the year my mother graduated my grandfather martine jim meister purchased the property listed as peyton acerage on your 1930 map lived there off and on until fall 1949 know a lot of the people you talk about reply joynealkidney says september 19 2021 at 5 17 pm marilyn did you provide the dexter museum with a notebook to go with jim meister s display that payton acreage was sw of where meisters lived and across the road when i was a girl there were big horses in that field your uncle clell was in doris s class 1936 i ve written about him too https joynealkidney com 2020 09 10 clell f hoy a dexterite making and preserving history thank you so much for your note i m at joynealkidney gmail com if you ve got more memories reply marilyn frost black says october 22 2021 at 7 37 pm yes i provided the note book with the pictures and notes since you have been there you know that the meister property was on the north side of the road the train tracks went by the farm lot time traveler of life says september 20 2021 at 3 38 pm hi joy thanks for the like on mitch s post i love to write and try to put a little how to a little good for you and maybe a little old fashioned wisdom in my books and posts looking forward to reading more about you reply joynealkidney says september 20 2021 at 3 42 pm i look forward to getting acquainted with what you write as well reply tgifmasterminds says october 24 2021 at 11 21 am wow what a legacy you will leave for your generations to come you got the message we all should be about leaving our mark on this world contributing good stuff that will encourage help empower and protect others hopefully you have chosen your epitaph mine is in all thy getting get an understanding prov 4 in other words i do not want others to label me i want to speak for myself even from the grave reply joynealkidney says october 24 2021 at 11 39 am bless you for your encouragement aging gratefully reply bonniereadsandwrites says november 18 2021 at 6 08 am i just picked up leora s letters it s on my tbr reply joynealkidney says november 18 2021 at 6 17 am bless you the new one is leora s dexter stories the prequel to leora s letters i m working on leora s early stories these days reply joynealkidney says november 18 2021 at 6 32 am if you have audible paul berge narrated this one especially bringing clabe to life lump in throat reply elena ametrano pen name i v greco says january 2 2022 at 9 49 am i ve been jumping around your site and i am enjoying reading your stories i will be back for more reply website http brchitwood com b r chitwood my mission writing to discover me says july 11 2022 at 6 53 pm love your award and your follow following back bless you reply joynealkidney says july 11 2022 at 7 20 pm i m thankful that t w dittmer introduced me to your poignant poem too many echoes reply nancy homlitas says november 15 2022 at 3 20 pm my husband who is a world war ii buff and i would love to read your stories about your grandma leora what a wonderful tribute to her reply joynealkidney says november 15 2022 at 4 09 pm it s such a humbling surprise but looking back i can see that i was in training for this for decades grandma would be delighted thank you for your encouraging note nancy reply max ethan says february 10 2023 at 4 48 am we are pleased to meet you such a story of overcoming the hardships of life and bringing good out of tragedy reply joynealkidney says february 10 2023 at 5 20 pm thank you max reply bob scar says may 20 2023 at 7 30 am 1934 at 11 years old uncle danny already had an earnest focused look about him true about many in the family yet they all managed to possess great humor a great example for all of us reply joynealkidney says may 20 2023 at 8 23 am i agree mom said that when discussion at minburn got too serious danny was usually the one with the quip to lighten things reply debi gray walter says august 27 2023 at 3 36 pm joy i love your desire to honor your grandmother i am the youngest granddaughter of my maternal grandmother grace stella after her death i learned her story from my mom leota she helped me with the research and i was able to publish through the eyes of grace in 2012 i found you via mitch teemley s blog and i m glad i did i hope to read your books blessings debi gray walter reply joynealkidney says august 27 2023 at 4 48 pm i just ordered your book debi bless you for your note reply gp says october 31 2023 at 6 13 am your package arrived late yesterday if you told me it was coming by email my apologies that address no longer works and frankly i don t have a clue why i greatly appreciate you thinking of me and i will post a review when i finish it reply joynealkidney says october 31 2023 at 6 33 am i m thankful it arrived reply swabby429 says december 11 2023 at 6 08 am i was pleasantly surprised to read the kind words about your work today written on the pacific paratrooper website you have a uniquely intriguing family reply joynealkidney says december 11 2023 at 9 15 am thank you jay i don t take my mother s family for granted anymore not until my mid 40s did i realize that they were the only central iowa family to lost three brothers during the war when i learned that one has never been found lost in a b 25 off new guinea i asked what new guinea had to do with the war boy have i had catching up to do i had to know what happened to them and was surprised and confused and blessed by what i learned gp cox is so generous to review wlnk on his fine website reply t w dittmer says december 11 2023 at 1 59 pm your books look really interesting and touching joy i m putting them on my list and my wife will enjoy them i m sure reply joynealkidney says december 11 2023 at 2 17 pm thank you so much there s something about grandma leora that readers embrace in spite of so many losses in such a short time she was just a delight to spend time with reply carol balawyder says april 20 2024 at 5 35 pm war is so cruel i can t imagine your grandmother s suffering of losing three sons in such a short period of time i honor your tribute to your grandmother and your family s love and loss reply joynealkidney says april 21 2024 at 8 59 am she was also widowed in late 1946 losing all four in a three year period then to live another four decades serving her own widowed mother her community and as a delightful grandmother thank you carol reply carol balawyder says april 21 2024 at 2 03 pm she was definitely a woman of strength and courage labelledave says july 3 2025 at 11 01 am i love everything you do i feel so blessed that we became friends reply joynealkidney says july 3 2025 at 11 42 am you are so dear dave i m blessed by it as well and your mighty hugs still encourage me today reply liz gauffreau says may 17 2026 at 11 18 am my copy of the immigrant and the outlaw arrived yesterday reply joynealkidney says may 17 2026 at 12 45 pm hurrah reply liz gauffreau says may 17 2026 at 5 05 pm that s what i said prior says july 19 2026 at 11 04 pm hello i am adding the immigrant and the outlaw to my tbr list keep ya posted reply joynealkidney says july 20 2026 at 7 39 am bless you yvette reply leave a reply cancel reply this site uses akismet to reduce spam learn how your comment data is processed search for categories books authors 332 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