I will tell you of a family, much like yours in many ways; of their joys, worries, antics, laughter and love.

          I will tell you as I sit here in the waiting room of the Intensive Care Unit, through seemingly endless days and nights, awaiting the fate of one of my children.

          I invite you to sit here with me, listen and share in all the good, bad and sad times, as I reach for solace by going back in my mind to better days.

          You will be with me throughout our tragedy and loss, feel our grief and know our pain. But you will laugh more than cry, as I show you mostly happy events and wild adventures.

          You will come full circle as we did—sharing with us both the small and huge moments in our lives. I hope when your journey with us is over, you will have learned what we did—that life is a school and the greatest lesson learned is all about love. Shall we begin?

A Note about Micki: "From the beaches of Long Island, New York to the glitter of Las Vegas, Nevada--from the majestic Pennsylvania Susquehanna Moutains to Staten Island, New York, her stories traveled with her. She writes fiction and non-fiction often based upon her family life. Her greatest achievement is her children and grandchildren. Just ask them."

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Happy times, a sunny day, a driving drunk—eight lives forever changed.

It was a day like any other, except that the intense heat wave had broken and signs of an early fall were in theair. The dining room table was filled with my kids and three of their friends—greedily gulping down a chicken dinner. When the last morsel was eaten, they all took off in different directions, except for the youngest, who was ten years old.

 The one whose turn it was to do the dishes impishly offered me the sum of one dollar, to cover the chore. I laughed and caved in to that deceptive smile.

The last one ran out the front door, calling out, “Bye Mom,” as the door slammed shut. And then the nightmare began.

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 Micki Peluso, author of “And The Whippoorwill Sang,” penned a story, part memoir, part Americana, for one purpose.  She made a deathbed promise to her dying child to immortalize that child in print—a celebration of life rather than a eulogy of death.

           She takes readers into her world and allows them to share her life.  Micki had dreams of success, but once her children were born, she realized that her greatest achievement was the children she bore.

           They caused their parents to laugh.  They made them cry- but never once was there regret.  The family was bound by unconditional love.  A tough-love mom, Micki kept the kids in line most of the time, but on occasion, they bested her. 

          As readers follow her life from 1959 to 1982, Micki will show them humor, strength, hope, heartache—but most of all enduring love.  She has kept her promise to the one lost.