John Warley, a Beaufort-area writer is featured in the new book, This I Believe: On Fatherhood. Based on the acclaimed public radio series, this collection features 60 statements of belief about the many experiences of fatherhood. These essays were drawn from the more than 100,000 submissions made to the This I Believe radio show and website (www.thisibelieve.org) over the past five years.
John Warley of Beaufort, South Carolina is a Virginia attorney, who also spent time in Mexico writing and teaching business law. His essay, Lingering at the Doors, is about his nightly ritual of standing outside each of his children’s doors, appreciating the opportunity to protect and raise them after a yearlong separation with his wife. Warley is also the author of the novel Bethesda’s Child.