Linda DeYmaz

Linda DeYmaz is a wife, mother of four adult children , and “Nana” to six grandchildren. and author of two books including Mommy, Please Don’t Cry (Random House/Multnomah, 1996), a 2004 Retailer's Choice Nominee and an anointed resource providing hope and comfort for parents who grieve the loss of a child. Mommy, Please Don't Cry was born out of Linda’s own experience resulting from the death of her daughter, Alexandra Grace DeYmaz, on Easter morning (1995). Mommy, Please Don’t Cry is considered a seminal work on the pain of child loss with more than 175,000 copies sold to date. She is also the author of Heaven Is... Lofty Thoughts for Little People (Vision House, 1996). She lives in Little Rock, Arkansas, with her husband,Mark.