I just published a memoir of my grandmother’s life: Lorraine Rey Isaacs Hofeller
The book is called: My Grandmother’s Ring.
From her own perspective of having lived a happy and enriched life but “nothing remarkable,” my grandmother, Lorraine Rey Isaacs Hofeller, my “Meme,” lived a full 106 and a half magical years through three centuries, experienced two world wars and countless other wars, lived through the Great Depression, positioned herself as a trailblazer long before women were considered leaders—and is remembered as the last survivor of the 1900 storm in Galveston, Texas.
Her remarkable life story, as seen through her violet eyes, and interpreted by me—her youngest grandchild, her namesake, Laurie Kuper Bricker––is a collection of tales of wonderment as Lorraine embraced each day of her life from January of 1896 through July of 2002.
Her incredible engagement ring, mailed to her from Buffalo, New York, by Sigmar Hofeller in 1918, accompanied her through the journey of youth to old age and beyond.
More than anecdotal, the chapters refresh and revise what life was like in a “simpler time.” Maybe it was simpler as generations to follow look back, but it was not so simple then!
About the Author:
This is the first book that Laurie Bricker has ever imagined writing. The dream of capturing her grandmother’s amazing life story through many chapters of her life over three centuries has been one that Laurie has pondered for many years.
Laurie is a native Houstonian and a graduate of the University of Texas and the University of Houston. At UH Laurie was a recipient of the College of Education Outstanding Alumni Award. She is a UH life member and currently serves on the Dean Horn’s advisory committee.
Laurie has volunteered on boards—local, state, and regional. She was elected to the Houston Independent School District’s Board of Trustees, where she served twice as president. She was appointed by Governor Rick Perry to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the State Board for Educator Certification. She has served on the Southern Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on Colleges. She is a graduate of Leadership Houston and a Senior Fellow of American Leadership Forum. Among many leadership awards, Laurie recently received the Joseph Jaworski Public Service Award from the American Leadership Forum.
Laurie provides pro bono advice to many prospective elected and appointed candidates for office and has always prided herself on keeping her finger on the pulse of policy and politics.
Laurie is known and respected as a passionate advocate for education. Laurie married her high school sweetheart and is a mother of two married children, and a grandmother—a “Meme”—to four boys. The legacy continues . . .