About On Shattered Wings
In 2002, 19-year-old Jennifer Dultmeier was killed in an automobile accident in Topeka, Kansas. The driver was Jennifer’s best friend since their childhood. Jennifer’s parents, Jim and Lori, kept powerful journals after her death of their grief journey.
On Shattered Wings is an unforgettable true story of a family’s struggle to survive overwhelming sorrow amidst unexpected and startling events. Along the way, they discover the value of faith, the insignificance of regrets, and the realization there can be joy again through harnessing pain into healing action for themselves and others.
On Shattered Wings is proof that a heart can heal enough to live again but not enough to forget.
“When I look at old pictures of us all, before Jennifer died, I feel sorry for the people in the photos…even those of me…because I know what’s coming.
I know, but they don’t. God help them.”
“I went to bed that night trying to forget the words
I’d said to Jennifer before she left that evening.
I hadn’t meant them, at least not as they sounded.
I don’t know why I even said them. I was irritated and trying to get through to my headstrong teenage daughter.
I would apologize later. But later never came.
Instead, the phone rang. It was 2:20 a.m.
Our lives would never be the same.”
About the Co-Authors
Jim and Lori Dultmeier met while in high school in Topeka, Kansas. They are the parents of Justin, Jennifer, and David.
Jim and Lori owned and operated a successful roofing business in Northeastern Kansas for over thirty years, helping thousands of customers. Jim and Lori are active members of their church and community. They love the outdoors and spending time with their large, extended families, and especially being with their grandchildren.
Lori and Jim have devoted their lives to keeping the memory of their daughter Jennifer alive. Lori is the founder of Quilts for Angels, a nonprofit that donates quilts to area hospitals to comfort those who have lost loved ones. Jim has spent over a decade speaking to thousands of people through the impact classes of MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) in encouraging drivers not to drink and drive so that other parents will never face the immeasurable heartache of losing a child.
Author Nancy Sprowell Geise is an award-winning and bestselling author of two books: Auschwitz #34207 The Joe Rubinstein Story, and The Eighth Sea. Nancy has been invited to speak around the world, including in Washington D.C. at the Library of Congress, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and in Poland at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum.
Nancy and her husband, Doran, met in high school in Ames, Iowa. They raised their three daughters in Austin, Texas, and Fort Collins, Colorado. Nancy and Doran currently reside in Topeka, Kansas. In her free time, Nancy enjoys playing pickleball, camping, and hiking.
Left: Jim and Lori Dultmeier
Right: Nancy Sprowell Geise