Stay With Me (33 page)

“I went looking for yogurt, and I found love beyond
compare, faith that can move mountains, and a husband whom I adore. What more
could there be?”

Chris set their glasses aside. His voice rumbled
low and soft in her ear, his breath warm. “Stay with me and find out.”

Acknowledgments

Thank you to my husband, Michael, and my children
Michael, Felicity, Miriam, and Jacob for their patience and support. Thanks,
too, to all those who read my manuscript and offered suggestions: Christopher
Blunt, Erin McCole Cupp, Ann Frailey, Father John Mulcahy, Barb Szyszkiewicz,
and especially Theresa Linden. Theresa, you’ve made me a better writer and
Stay
With Me
a better book. To my fellow 10 Minute Novelists and members of the
Catholic Writers Guild, your generosity in sharing your knowledge and
encouragement on this writing journey has made all the difference. Finally,
thank you Ellen Gable Hrkach for your support and encouragement and taking a
chance on an unknown author.

About
the Author

Carolyn Astfalk resides with her husband and four
children in Hershey, Pennsylvania. For ten years, she served as communications
director for the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference (PCC), the public affairs
agency of Pennsylvania’s Catholic bishops. The PCC advocates for religious
liberty, pro-life, pro-family, Catholic healthcare, and Catholic education
issues before state government.

Carolyn’s column on state and national news related
to the PCC’s interests appeared regularly in Pennsylvania’s diocesan
newspapers. She also appeared on the state-wide television program PCN Live and
was a guest on then-Bishop Donald Wuerl’s television program, “The Teaching of
Christ.” In 2005, she resigned from the PCC to be home full-time with her
children.

Carolyn is volunteer chairperson of Real
Alternatives, Inc., a non-profit, charitable organization that administers
alternative-to-abortion funding in Pennsylvania, Indiana and Michigan. She is a
member of the Catholic Writers Guild, Pennwriters, and the Pennsylvania Public
Relations Society. Her writing has appeared in New Covenant and Lay Witness
magazines.  Stay With Me is her debut novel.

Check out
Carolyn’s
Website here
.

Published by Full Quiver Publishing

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