In a culture that demands immediate gratification and avoids suffering at all costs, My Name is Kenny I Can't Talk reveals the positive impact of embracing our lives through both the joys and the sorrows.
Lynda Holler recognized that her husband was making an impression on people. She had heard random comments throughout their 22-year marriage and Kenny's 21-year battle with head and neck cancer, but over his last two years it intensified. Acquaintances, almost strangers, medical professionals, and even children wanted to tell her what he meant to them and the impact his life was making on their lives. By the time the advancing cancer finally claimed his voice, she found written in his notebook, "My name is Kenny I can't talk," and a series of revelations regarding Kenny's silent influence led to this book. This compilation of reflections from 207 people on their time with Kenny professes powerful truths on love, friendship, service, sacrifice, redemptive suffering and the inestimable value that ripples out from each of our lives to every other human being.