"Empty Pocketbook, Boundless Love" by Debra Madaris Efird

I didn’t realize she was poor
This North Carolina writer recalls the adventuress of visiting another time and another world as she remembers her grandmother’s generosity with love.

Debra Madaris Efird lives in Harrisburg, North Carolina, and is a member of the NC Writers’ Network. She is author of the book “Groups in Practice: A School Counselor's Collection" (Routledge, 2012). Her writing has appeared in professional counseling magazines, saturdayeveningpost.com, livinglutheran.org, Savannah Anthology, Wake Living magazine, UNCG magazine, and other venues. Most recently she was awarded First Prize in The Writers Workshop of Asheville 2019 Literary Fiction Contest. Like many writers, she claims it’s a great day only if she is writing