The Gift of Gems

A story of lost and found, second chances, and intrigue. Will the second time around be the gift that keeps on giving?
Patricia Byrd Barone is the mother of five children. She is a native of North Carolina and a graduate of Meredith College. In B.C., her lifetime before children, she was an elementary school teacher in Goldsboro, N.C., Bellevue, Washington, and Mannheim-Kafertal, Germany. While teaching in an Army Dependents School she met her husband Bob. They now reside in Ohio. For fun she writes, plays the piano, volunteers for the performing arts, and paints portraits of her grandchildren, Ashley, Zack, Alex, Carley, Will, Hannah, Madison, Samantha, Madeline, Allison and Benjamin.