A winsome response by “the lady who sits sobbing while watching ‘Finding My Roots’ on PBS”

I’d posted all five book covers on Facebook. FB friend Heidi Kerby Dugger wrote such a compelling response and gave me permission to share it. 

Heidi Kerby Dugger

Finished my second reading of Meadowlark Songs! Joy, your legacy is priceless. You have a way that draws us in, encircles us in a huge family hug. I don’t know if I’ve told you that I am adopted and only know partial family history. I’m the lady who sits sobbing while watching “Finding My Roots” on PBS. Stories, histories…it’s what I long for, what I love. There is a shape in our makeup that can only be filled with that history.I think the stories help complete us and propel us forward with the help of the Master Bricklayer. We stand on a strong foundation of our kin; bricks that ground and support us generation by generation. To lose or never have the stories, good or bad, of each woman in our “motherline” is a travesty.Thank you for demonstrating the importance of keeping the stories alive. And, thank you for the homage you pay to these amazing women. Their contribution continues, their blood still gives us. life. Thank you, friend!