Woven as One

Winner of the Nonfiction Authors Association Book Awards Gold Medal for 2025

Even good relationships (particularly marriages) have temperatures, varying from almost unbearable passion to steady devotion to uncertainty or worse. Woven as One recounts the successes and foibles of a nearly sixty-five-year bond between two lifelong partners, describing the magic that can come of truly merging the humdrum of everyday life with their feelings for each other. Bill and Linda "met" under somewhat unusual circumstances, and their way of dealing with bumps in their road wasn't always by the book, but they grew to understand that real intimacy often grows more out of sharing prosaic experiences than out of grand gestures, and they learned to appreciate the importance of things like hard work (together or apart), inclusion, genuine tolerance, and the sheer chemistry between two kindred spirits.

Bill Waddell is a retired lawyer who has authored a reference work (Virginia Business Entities) and a textbook (Alternative Dispute Resolution) in the legal field and published op-ed pieces on current events. He was educated at Williams College and the University of Virginia School of Law, served on the adjunct faculty at the law school for two decades, was a senior partner at a large Virginia law firm, and held a wide variety of business, community, and professional leadership positions. Each part of his life experience contributed to his understanding of human interactions and relationships. Bill met Linda in 1957, married her in 1962, just before entering law school, and loved her throughout fifty-eight years of marriage.