Betsy H Michener-Lachino

Seven Years to Die Betsy H Michener-Lachino

Growing up in Guernsey, Nebraska was hard for Becks, the white-trash daughter of an alcoholic, absentee mother. When Davlin came into her life, he gave what he could to her; his friendship and later his love. Scorned by the people of their hometown, Daviln and Becks marry young and go to college where their lives and future are altered forever. Commissioned into the US Army, Davlin is deployed to Afghanistan...then listed Missing in Action. So, what does Becks do when the man who has been her protector, lover and friend is gone and his face is fading from her memory the way his scent is evaporating from his pillow. With no word of where her husband is, Becks falls into depression, drinking...and little else. Without Davlin to keep her grounded, Becks spends her days in a state of drunken loss and memories, not moving forward, because she is too stuck looking back. Seven Years to Die begs the question, What do you do when all you can do is wait? Becks spends many days in a state of drunken misery, and many more regretting the decisions she makes while waiting for word of her husband's safety. Finding friendship, finding purpose, finding love... Becks endure seven years of want finding the person she could be... living a life she had never planned, and falling in love.