Excerpts

Here are some excerpts from the book The Heart of Bobbie: One Woman's Transformative Life and the Lessons She Left Behind.

An introduction to Bobbie

What Bobbie was like as a friend

The Heart of Community (a magazine article I wrote that went unpublished)

Transcript of Bobbie's memorial service (described by one attendee as “one of the best celebrations of life I have ever witnessed”)

Letters of support written to Tom

Lessons learned and Bobbie's continuing influence

How Tom is doing today

Bobbie photo

Bobbie grew as a person; reading about new ideas, talking to people who were different from her, opening herself up to nature — she learned and was open to it all. She didn't try to fit new things into old boxes; she examined her old boxes, and when she found them unsuitable, tossed them aside....