Give a warm welcome to Ilona , author of A Balancing Act! Pull up a chair, grab a drink of your choice from the cooler, a Chocolate Chip or Peanut Butter cookie from the plate, and let’s find out a little about Ilona and A Balancing Act. Thank you, Tena, for inviting me to visit you today. I’ve brought along my two main characters, Dr. John Mallory and Lenora La Rue, with me. Hope you don’t mind. Oh, not at all! The more the merrier! Welcome John and Lenora! Lets start with John. Tells us about the real you— I’m a surgeon, who was inspired by my father. He was a surgeon in the War between the States, and I worked under him at a hospital in Milwaukee when I finished medical college. Now I have a practice in Waukesha. What event in your past has left the most indelible impression on you? Seeing pain and suffering in others. I always was rescuing injured animals as a boy, and trying to nurse them back to health. What do you most value? Treating all people with dignity. I’ve seen too many doctors look down on the sick and injured as not really human. What is the type of woman you want to spend the rest of your life with? John glances at Lenora and takes her hand. The woman I had pictured was a quiet, unassuming girl who grew up in the domestic arts. I guess you never know. What do you Continue Reading →