Prayers from a Grateful Heart: A 90 Day Quarterly Devotional (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780692049044)

L. D. Wells hails from Atlanta, Georgia. She attended the University of Georgia where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English. L.D. also obtained a Master of Arts Degree in Education with emphasis in Instructional Technology - graduating from her program with a 4.0 GPA. She currently works for the Department of Human Services as part of the agency-wide Communications Team responsible for delivering both consistent and responsive messaging to its target audience. In this capacity, she has received the coveted "Peach Star" Award - the organization's highest honor possible - a record number of four (4) times. She also has a rich history of teaching online courses in program policy for new and veteran employees. Additionally, L. D. provides instructional learning in online, classroom, and seminar style formats. In this role, her efforts have been rewarded with Governor Sonny Purdue's Excellence in Customer Service Award; the American Public Health Services Association & National Staff Development Training Association Scholarship; the Department of Human Resources Innovation Award in 2007 and the Education and Training Services Professional Leadership Award. L. D.'s first published work is that as Author and Co-Editor of the award-winning "An Anthology of Sisterhood" - a compilation of more than 100 original poems, essays, short stories and lyrics commissioned from twenty-two dynamic women who are all joined by their membership in Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. This 2013 publication, with its forward written by the legendary Ruby Dee, was named as an African American Literary and Indie Award nominee. Additionally, the tremendous exposure of the project has garnered the author a spot as a Delta Authors on Tour, has received a Visionary Award from the Black Women in Jazz and Fine Arts project in 2015 and added the 2016 Best Publication in Print from the Writers Ball to her list of accolades. In 2017, she presented a commissioned chronicle to a local chapter of the National Council for Negro Women (NCNW) and her work has also been deemed as required reading for a popular Ethnic Studies course taught at Santa Barbara College in California. L.D. is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and volunteers with the Dwight D. and Sheryl H. Howard Foundation, is a charter member of the UGA Black Alumni Affinity Group, and member the National Association of Professional Women. She is also the proud and devoted mother to one son, Devon.