Once upon a time, many (well, not that many) years ago, a little girl with terrible handwriting had an idea for a story.

She sat down to write...

And she never stopped.

Now a published author of essays, short stories and novels about friendship, faith, loss and above all love, Laurie Batzel continues to write...

Even though her handwriting is still deeply abysmal.

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