My Life Line: A Lifetime of Memories [Paperback]

My Grandma recently died in October at the age of 96. She had previously started writing down her family history and life memories. She started on a word processor and worked on parts of it through the years so we have clips and bits of history floating around in the form of pictures, notes and such. 



Before her death, my Mom started helping her pull together a real book. As in actually published on Amazon through CreateSpace, which is a great way to inexpensively self publish a professional book!

Mom asked me to do the cover and I really enjoyed it. I wrote the top section and Mom wrote most of the bottom part. I was glad to contribute and have a small part in the making of it. Grandma named the book herself.

Grandma didn’t get to see this beautiful finished copy but we know she would be so pleased. Like Mom said, she wrote much of it and knew the story better than anyone! It was wonderful that she had such a great memory up until her last days. We are so fortunate in more ways than one to have this.

She was such a special Grandma and we have this to always remember her by and share with generations to come. My own son will probably have just a few memories of her since he was so small when he spent the most time with her. She has left us message through her life story. It is amazing book filled with history & personal stories, a real treasure! I had tears when I first saw it and looked through the pages.

The book includes:

• Grandma’s Childhood & Growing Up Years
• A section on Grandpa
• {how} Some things were different then
• About {Grandma’s} Grandparents
• The Huisheere and Hesebeck Names
• Places {Grandma & Grandpa} lived while raising their family
• Grandma’s recollections
• Poems, recipes, newspaper articles and keepsakes
• and a lot more that's special to us

Book Description

Publication Date: December 4, 2012
My Life Line has been a labor of love intended for the family and friends of Rena Hesebeck. It started with her own efforts to record her life from the earliest memories of her childhood until her last days when family has helped to finish the near-century long story of her years. Rena took glowing pride in all her family and the accomplishments of each individual. She enjoyed the many cards, letters and pictures that were sent to her on various occasions over her lifetime and had most of them in her possession until the last year of her life. Her faith in the living God was the anchor to her soul and much comfort in the difficult times of life as well as her guide since she yielded her life to Him as a young girl. It was Rena's hope that her family would treasure their history and understand more fully the struggles and triumphs of the past that have influenced who and where they are in life today. While this story is not expected to be on any best sellers list, it is purely a work of love to be enjoyed and treasured by the ever growing family started by John LuVerne Hesebeck and Rena Anna Huisheere in the early 1900s.

About the Author

Rena Anna Hesebeck loved life and faced many challenges in her days of nearly a 100 years. While she was not a famous name or face in this world, it was not what she aspired to be. She was a dedicated and loving wife, mother and (great great) grandmother who would fight hard to stand up for those she loved and believed in whenever they needed her support. She’d encourage and uplift in times of troubles or disappointment. Next to her God and husband, her children were the center of her life and they all knew without a doubt that she loved and cared for each one of them for who they are. By this book, she wanted each of you to know your family history and have pride in your heritage as you carry on to build your own family histories. (Editorial assistance was provided by other family members to complete this book.)