This is a biography: the life story of someone you probably never heard of, in one sense, an “illustrious nobody,” but a person whose life touched and made a difference, albeit often unrecognized, in the lives of many others.It is written as a novel but is neither completely fiction nor the whole story: just glimpses. Others may have facets of their truth that are part of Belle’s story, but this, my small part, is true to the telling and the seeing as I remember it.May there be blessings on all grandparents who take the time to share their life stories with their grandchildren. - Michele Gentry