Allen Shoffner

In Sickness and in Health Allen Shoffner

This is a true love story about a husband's love for his wife through more than fifty years of marriage and through the struggle with the long term illness of his wife. It is also about tests of faith in facing and enduring the harsh reality of seeing the intellect and person of his beloved wife slowly destroyed by Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease during the last several years of her life. The author shares this personal and private part of his life with readers who may at some time be caregivers for loved ones. The author tells this true story in simple but eloquent language.

Comments from some of the readers include the following:

"The book was a touching tribute to a beautiful lady."

"Your poignant, candid story not only is a tribute to Edna, but it glorifies God. Thank you for writing it."

"I don't believe I have ever read a love story that could really be called a true love story until I read yours. I cried all the way through it. Thank you for sharing it."

"I have just finished reading your story and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing your and Edna's great love for each other."

The author includes with this love story colorful images from original watercolors which he hand painted to honor and memorialize his wife. At the time of her death, he and his wife had been married fifty-two years.