I have a great story, but it requires my telling you that I’m personal friends with Sean Connery.

It began as a shocking yet tender and intimate story of love, one that would stun the world with its uncensored revelations. That itself would have sufficed to create a best seller, but as time passed and trust grew, the stories evolved. No longer was this merely a unique and candid love story. It became a cleansing of the soul for all involved, true confessions of a most unexpected nature.

So how did a French teacher living in Lincoln, Nebraska, get involved in this magnificent story? It all started with a substitute teacher named Frank Mitchell, one phone call, and the sharing of cancer stories.