Pink Lips and Fingertips Offers Inspiration in a Time of Desperation

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In 1997, he was a top-10 national finalist in the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) contest largely because of a column about a Miami Dolphins front-office assistant who died at age 23 after battling cystic fibrosis.Rick Weber’s Pink Lips and Fingertips, a new release from Xulon Press, answers this question through the life of Jeri Ivison Paholek, who was born with a rare heart defect called common ventricle and given a death sentence by the medical community.Instead of retreating inward and playing it safe to extend her years or embarking on extravagant global adventures, Jeri chose to impact the world—whether by corresponding with convicted bomber Timothy McVeigh on death row or starting a prayer stand immediately after the 9/11 attacks.“In our world today, it seems like we’re on a journey down a mine-filled road of negativity—bank bailouts, immoral financiers swindling investors, companies downsizing or folding, the fear of a swine flu pandemic,” Weber says.In 1997, he was a top-10 national finalist in the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) contest largely because of a column about a Miami Dolphins front-office assistant who died at age 23 after battling cystic fibrosis.He also won the 1994 Casey Medal For Meritorious Journalism for a package on teen-age runaways, “A Tragedy, Not a Romance,” that was full of gripping stories of life on the street.Pink Lips and Fingertips is unique because it touches the reader with powerful, poignant storytelling.

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