Eddie B. Robertson, Ph.D., and Sylvia Robertson, M.S.W., have been involved in marriage enrichment for over 30 years. They are Specialists in Marriage Enrichment, a Leader Couple and Trainer of Leader Couples for Better Marriages and Past-Presidents for Better Marriages of Georgia. They are certified in Prepare-Enrich and Couple Communication and have served on the faculty of Reinhardt University, Waleska, Ga., as Professor of Biology and Director of the Academic Support Office. They are frequent workshop presenters and hosts for Marriage Enrichment Groups.
From the farms and pastures of the north Georgia mountains, where pine trees grow in the brick red clay, the tradition of storytelling is alive and well. As rustic as a barbed wire fence, as homey as a light in the window, In the Pines is a collection of stories and poems told in the voice of a vanishing people. Funny, poignant, and reminiscent of events and personalities familiar to us all, you will come away feeling that someone in the book reminds you of a person you know. This is not a book about the magnolia and cotillion south, but about the lives of Appalachian people who lived a hardscrabble life at the foot of the Blue Ridge mountains. So, take a journey into the lives of the Appalachian people and listen to the characters tell their stories of joys and struggles, and everyday life in the mountains, in the pines.
When Alex's father takes her to their favorite beach she brings a dandelion with her to make a special wish, but upon arrival she sees another little girl who might need the wish much more than she does..
