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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Greetings,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Below is information about a book written by <strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Mary Robinson members may want to check out. </span></strong><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Before the events that inspired this book, Mary was teaching blind children in the Fremont area. She, along with Casey Robertson, led our first Nebraska BELL Academy in 2012. She was also inspired by a family she met at our National Federation of the Blind convention in Florida to create a sensory garden in Fremont. She explains that in her book. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Here is her message:<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>“What is </span></strong><em><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Seed, Stem, Bloom?</span></b></em><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> In 2014, I was faced with a harrowing and completely unexpected defining moment when I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. A relapse in 2017 determined that an allogeneic stem cell transplant was the only option for long-term survival. And although this book tracks my story through that long journey, it is not a book about cancer. The core of this book, with its intention to share the experiences of a particularly difficult season in my life, is all about following God's signs.”</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://geni.us/SeedStemBloom"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Click here to download the book.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Jamie K. Richey<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>