Mary Lou Cheatham

Like farm chickens, we have much to communicate. What joy it brings when we organize our thoughts and learn to choose the right words that are standard. We want to have variety in our human communications with color and character, humor and sincerity, polished and practiced....

Twenty-seven-year-old Dove Abernathy, a beautiful woman with Asperger’s, has established herself as an artist. She depends on Bess, her mother, for emotional support. After Bess receives a severe head injury while in the prayer garden, their lives are forever changed....

Trudy and Jeremy grew up in the same neighborhood, and they have always loved each other. She is a part of a large blended family living near a south Mississippi village. Jeremy, having lost all his family, makes his way through the world alone....

Ava discovers an unwelcome surprise in the apartment selected for her by a church leader. Resisting the urge to leave before she even meets the congregation, she must pray and make difficult decisions. But when she’s followed all over the county, where can she go? Find out....

Rivka Smith plans to enjoy her three-week vacation in a lake resort lodge, but as the COVID-19 coronavirus begins to spread, her family members are called abruptly back to work. She is left alone with the resort's owner as her sole companion....

In the early 1900s, Lena Harvey, a bright-minded farm girl, wants to graduate from high school. She hopes to attend nursing school or become a midwife. Having no interest in complicating her life with intimate relationships, she plans to focus her efforts toward her calling....

It is the 2020’s when Casey, an environmental expert who is an ambassador at large, goes with her husband Logan to rescue her mother and stepfather from a nation that has seceded from the United States....

"Forty years is a long time." Liza hears those words on television from a man in a leadership position. He implies that after 40 years, a woman has had enough time to recover....

Bubba, a happy dog, lives in a friendly village in Texas. His humans give him affection, treats, and love....

Travelers is the story of Trudy's friend Jeremy Smitherlin as he finds himself functioning as the adult in his home because his parents have emotional and physical illnesses....

A mostly Siamese cat gets into serious trouble....

Seth, a young shepherd, guards the sheep with his father....

The star leading the wise men asks the moon to shine light on the path toward the baby Jesus....

The process of grieving is like walking through a murky swamp. In this audiobook, I want to talk with you about the way it feels....

The year is 1910. Trudy Cameron, an 11-year-old girl introduced to listeners in The Dream Bucket, meets a 13-year-old neighbor, Manuela Blayne....

In the Bible, this character has no name, but we know who she is. In the last chapter of Romans, the Apostle Paul sends her a greeting because he loves her like his own mother....

When Trudy's father accidentally sets fire to the family mansion and dies in the fire, she is not prepared for the shock....

Loretta Larson is attractive and accomplished. She has so much money that her teaching salary is not enough for her to notice. But what she does not have is a man who loves her....

The year is 1907. A mammoth tornado passing through Princeton, Mississippi, takes away Jake MacGregor's parents and their home, his beloved uncle, and his sister's home....

Jessica Boudreaux Hays, a retired music professor, has recently moved to Rousseauville to open a bed and breakfast in her grandparents' house. Dale Bonnier, a 55-year-old widower, inspires the people in Rousseauville with his compelling sermons, especially Jessica....