Erni Johnson

Scraps of Eternity Erni Johnson

Despite the demands of her unique, and at times, quite challenging family, Eleanor's life up to this point has been oddly content. Her eldest son, Travis, is married to his soulmate and is happily raising a family of his own, while her other son, Teddy, is a successfully stressed D. C. lawyer, regularly humored by Blake, his easy going partner. Stepdaughter Peggy is, for reasons unclear to the rest of the family, running a horse farm in Virginia, while youngest daughter, Amy, seems happy in her bohemian Vermont lifestyle, despite her family's obvious concerns. Recently retired from her teaching career, Eleanor, herself, has settled into a quiet Cape Cod existence of grandchildren, gardening, and beach walks, as well as the sometimes eccentric company of her artist father-in-law. But when her world abruptly changes, Eleanor suddenly has to balance her memories and dreams of the past with the reality of a very different future. The sometimes humorous, often sadly sweet moments of her new life become the simple, yet true scraps of her current existence, as she and the people she loves discover who they were and are, and learn at last, who they will always be.