Imprints: A Collection of Family Stories, Legends, and Revelations

by Daphne Tarango, Neppie Alexander, Veronica E Berry

You have one—probably even more than one. A family story you tell over and over. Maybe it’s a story you heard growing up—one that starts with “Remember when…” Or a story your relatives—especially the littles—request at family “Tell us about that time…” It could be a story your family likes to remember—but you’d like to forget. We have some too! Imprints is a collection of stories about our ancestors—parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and relatives—living and passed. Some stories are actual memories we’ve experienced. Other stories are family legends. And others are revelations. Travel through history via family stories from the Industrial Revolution all the way to present day. Read about an ancestor who put a little extra into someone’s pipe without their knowledge. Watch what happens to a pair of siblings who buy cookies without permission. Run with a grandmother across the border from oppression to freedom. Snicker with a college-student who messed up Thanksgiving twice! Discover the impact of modernization on a master craftsman. These are just a few of the varied accounts in A Collection of Family Stories, Legends, and Revelations. Many stories are humorous. Others, quirky. Some are introspective. A few even sorrowful. But through every story runs a reminder of who we are, where we came from, and where we choose to go. We hope you enjoy our stories, share them with others, and are even inspired to jot down some of your own. May they leave imprints on your heart as they have ours.

167 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 22, 2020

About the author

Daphne Tarango is a freelance writer who comforts hurting women with the comfort she has received from God. Daphne inspires women to take biblical steps to personal growth and freedom. She also writes about her struggles with chronic illness and pain.

Daphne’s work has appeared in Just Between Us, {in}courage (a division of DaySpring), Living Better 50+, The Gabriel, Ruby for Women, and Mentoring Moments for Christian Women. She contributed three chapters in the compilation Women of the Secret Place. Her first book was the thankfulness journal Dragonflies, Ketchup, and Late-Night Phone Calls. It was followed by its Spanish-language version: Caballitos del Diablo, Salsa de Tomate Dulce, y Llamadas Telefónicas Tarde en la Noche. Show Some Love: How To Be a Friend to Someone in Recovery and Groove: Stories to Refresh the Way We Think and Feel about our Mental Illnesses were released in 2014.

A speaker at recovery events, Daphne is a leader in a local Christ-centered recovery program and has facilitated open-share and step study groups.

Daphne lives in the southeastern United States. She retired from corporate life at a Fortune 500 company to become a stay-at-home mom. She is the President of Lakeland Christian Writers, a chapter of American Christian Writers (ACW).
Daphne enjoys solitude, nature walks, Hallmark movies, experimenting in the kitchen, the arts, and spending time with her newlywed husband, her three children, their Basset Hound Dudleigh, ornery Kitty-Kitty, their feisty Chihuahua/Rat Terrier mix Eendeeo, and their newest addition, their Siamese/Himalayan mix Elway.

Reviews

[Beth Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Stories from Local Authors

I’m really enjoying this new book, with great stories from local authors, like Kim Edwards Wilbanks’ story which is included, “The Picnic, “ in “Imprints: A Collection of Family Stories, Legends, and Revelations” by Daphne Tarango and others.