Ties that Bind: A Journal of Family, Faith, Friends, and Frolics" is a happy, heartwarming collection of reminiscences about family and friends, place, and Southern tradition. The 37 short essays and 13 poems in "Ties that Bind" celebrate the author's life's defining and memorable moments picked from her childhood in rural Mississippi, Baptist college days, career-start in Memphis, marriage to her prince, family life in Nashville, bucket-list travels, and an active retirement, all wrapped with a strong faith in God. "Ties that Bind" lets us savor the sweet joy of heaven-sent moments with family and friends bound together over the years and over the generations.