She Taught Me to Laugh Again is the sequel to Men Bleed Too,Tom's debut book.  After his wife died from breast cancer, he returns to Carlisle, Pennsylvania to resume his duties as a colonel in the U.S Army, at Carlisle Barracks. 

Tom finds the time lonely and sad, as he works through the grieving process.  He makes the decision to return to his last assignment at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to be closer to family and friends. 

Just a week before he is reassigned, he meets Connie Noll.  Connie is a recent widow and they strike up a relationship.  After Tom leaves Pennsylvania, he and Connie continue to talk over the phone and make plans for a future reunion. 

She Taught Me To Laugh Again is the story of two mid-forties people who recently lost their spouses to death.  It describes the trials and tribulations of grieving, falling in love and trying to build a new life together.  The capstone of the book describes their wedding on September 30th 1995. 

It is a moving story of two people daring to fall in love again.