This book of stories, "Snippets of Heaven," is a labor of love, a project of the heart. I visited my grandparents' farm every year of my young life until I was well into my teens. My visits inspired these stories, and these stories influenced my life. When I was a child, there was no electricity connected to the farm or running water into the farmhouse. There was no furnace to keep the house warm during cold winter nights or an air conditioner to...