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Amy Bovaird is an Award-Winning Christian Writer, Author, and Memoirist who writes about mobility and sight loss disabilities using humor and enjoys writing about international travel and adventure as well as faith-inspired devotionals. Ms. Bovaird has five published titles to her credit, with the newest titled 'A Time to Dance: Finding Joy After Child Loss.' Her books are available on Amazon Books, Kindle, and fine online book sites.

She Received the "Medal of Honor in Literature" for her first memoir, Mobility Matters: Stepping Out in Faith, from Ohio Valley University in 2016. Her second memoir, 'Cane Confessions: The Lighter Side of Mobility,' and her third memoir devotional, 'Seeking Solace: Finding Joy After Loss,' reached #1 Bestselle Amy Bovaird is an Award-Winning Christian Writer, Author, and Memoirist who writes about mobility and sight loss disabilities using humor and enjoys writing about international travel and adventure as well as faith-inspired devotionals. Ms. Bovaird has five published titles to her credit, with the newest titled 'A Time to Dance: Finding Joy After Child Loss.' Her books are available on Amazon Books, Kindle, and fine online book sites.

She Received the "Medal of Honor in Literature" for her first memoir, Mobility Matters: Stepping Out in Faith, from Ohio Valley University in 2016. Her second memoir, 'Cane Confessions: The Lighter Side of Mobility,' and her third memoir devotional, 'Seeking Solace: Finding Joy After Loss,' reached #1 Bestseller status in various categories, including Biographies and Memoirs, Eye Problems, Grief and Dying, and Spiritual Healing. In March 2020, she released 'Hitting A Home Run: Blind and Thriving,' which also Hit #1 on Amazon for fun short travel reads.

Amy was diagnosed at age 28 with Retinitis Pigmentosa and was declared legally blind. She had worked as a specialist in second language acquisition for nearly 30 years. Her career took her to Latin America, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. Amy now views life as a personal adventure and has traded her overseas experiences for an everyday adventure into blindness.

Amy is a member of Vision Aware as a Peer Advisor Life Support through their (PALS) Program. Ms. Bovaird earned her M.A. in Bicultural – Bilingual Studies from the University of Texas at San Antonio and is a lifelong learner about vision, writing, or language-related.

Born and raised in Pennsylvania, she continues to educate and entertains her readers with humorous anecdotes of coping with ongoing vision loss; more importantly, she shares the lessons God reveals to her through her difficulties. When she is not writing, she negotiates for the upper hand with her cat, Sophie Socks and on most occasions fails to win at it. Today, Amy still resides in Northwest, Pennsylvania. ...more

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Celebrating my Brother: Third Year Heavenly Passing

Close Bond

My brother, Mike, and I had a close bond, which intensified over the years—probably due to my low vision and his mental health issues. We always looked out for each other. But also, we both chased after adventure. We influenced each other. In younger years, he led and I followed. In my overseas travels, I led and he followed.

Three years ago, I lost not only my brother—but my closest all

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	Mobility Matters: Stepping Out in Faith (The Mobility Series Book 1) 4.40 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2014 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cane Confessions: The Lighter Side to Mobility: Volume 2 (The Mobility Series) 4.21 avg rating — 39 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Travel Stories and Highlights: 2018 Edition by Robert Fear (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alison Galilian (Contributor), Alison Ripley Cubitt (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.84 avg rating — 25 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seeking Solace: Finding Joy After Loss by Amy L. Bovaird (Goodreads Author), Empire Scribe (Editor) 4.68 avg rating — 19 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hitting A Home Run: Blind and Thriving 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Time to Dance: Finding Joy After Child it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	God Still Leads and Guides: True Stories of God's Intervention by Mark Littleton, Beverly McKinney (Contributor), Amy L. Bovaird (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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