About the Author:

LINDA NORDYKE HAMBLETON was diagnosed with juvenile-onset diabetes (type I diabetes mellitus) at the age of six. Doctors gave her to age twenty-five to live. With dreams, pain, laughter, and tears, she exceeded their prediction by more than twenty years. Truly a model of physical, mental, and spiritual human survival, Linda writes

from the heart with honesty and experience. It is a message of hope to all individuals and their loved ones who suffer from the chronic condition called “life.”

TODD A. HILLARD is a freelance writer from San Antonio, Texas. The husband of one and the father of five, he spends his “spare” time making the thoughts and dreams of others come alive on the written page.

Description:

There are more than 125 million Americans who suffer from chronic disease . . . but you’ve never met one quite like Linda Nordyke Hambleton. If Today Is All I Have recounts the remarkable true story of Linda’s life, love, sickness, blindness, death, resuscitation, heartbreak, faith, hope, and ultimate peace. Equal parts medical drama, romance, and inspirational saga, her story could be described as “ER” meets “Touched by An Angel.” At its heart, Linda’s captivating account chronicles the struggle to reconcile her three dreams of experiencing life as a “normal woman” with the tough realities of her medical condition. Her journey is punctuated with insights that are at times humorous, painful, provocative, and life-affirming. “I first learned of my disease at age six,” Linda writes. “Doctors gave me about twenty-five years to live. Despite multiple heart attacks, strokes, transplants, three years of blindness, and over sixty pills a day—I won’t give up. But medical complications tell only part of my story. Three heartfelt dreams gave me the courage to laugh, love, and live. This is my true story.”

REVIEWS

"Thank you, Linda, for showing so many how to live... and how to die."~ Joni Eareckson Tada, Bestselling Author

"I could hardly believe Linda's story if I hadn't witnessed it myself.  Linda is a remarkable woman of strength, courage, and conviction.  I wish all my patients would read her story." ~ Linda Cason, Linda's Nurse

"I've worked in healthcare my entire professional career.  Linda's story is among the most powerful I've heard.  No one goes unchanged whose life touches hers." ~ Lars Houman, President & CEO, Florida Hospital

"Linda is a unique person with a compelling story.  It puts life in a perspective and makes one realize that every day is precious."  ~ Samuel Crockett, MD, Linda's Primary Care Physician of 25 years.  

"Linda is really quite an inspirational person- full of generosity and resilience.  There are so many unknowns about the disease- and she has been through the wringer with it,  To meet someone like Linda really does restore your faith in humanity." ~ Dr. John A. Dalles, Noted Hymn Writer and Linda's Pastor of 10 years.

Publishing Info:

    §  Paperback: 208 pages

     §  Publisher: Florida Hospital Publishing

     §  Language: English

     §  ISBN: 978-0-983-9881-0-6

     §  Product Dimensions: 6” X 9”

     §  Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces

     §  Price: $14.99