There aren’t that many books about military families. Author Rosanne Parry has written a beautiful one.
Heart of a Shepherd tells the story of Brother, 
who is left to run his family’s ranch when his dad gets shipped to Iraq. It’s funny and quietly moving in a Where the Red Fern Grows kind of way. My favorite scene is when Brother gets in a fight with his older brothers (he has four of them!) and then has to stitch up his older brother’s scalp.
After reading her book, I asked Rosanne Parry if she would share her answer to this question: What's your favorite way to say YES?
She said: “Every day that I get up in my tree house and sit down to write is its own victory. Many other things in my life seem more urgent than writing, and sometimes I’m not at all sure I’ll have anything valuable to write down, but I’ve learned that saying yes to writing time nearly every day leads to finished stories and eventually published books.”
YES. I couldn’t agree more.
