Christy Hanson’s last words as an author are included in the book “Oh, My God.”

Since serious health problems almost took his life in 1992, Hanson wrote two other books: “Me and Mower County/To His Glory” and “It Had To Be A Miracle.”

The story of how “Oh, My God” came to be is simple, according to the author.

“I just sat down and started writing,” he said. “I really don’t know why I sat down and started writing, but I did. It just kept going and going and then I stopped and said ‘This can’t be.’

“It was like somebody was telling me what to write,” he added.

According to Hanson, the third book was easier to write than the first two books.

“This is deep from my heart,” he said. “This is me and where I stand. I’m just worried about the end of the world. The book isn’t about me, it’s about my thoughts.

“I’m worried about who’s going to go upstairs and who’s going to go downstairs,” he said.

Hanson retired from teaching in 1990. He was a special education instructor who taught at Holy Cross Lutheran School before it closed.

He was an energetic volunteer, including a successful stint organizing food drives.

He also created new resources for children and teenagers, including the Youth Emergency Services and Youth Yellow Pages.

Hanson was also one of the creators of the Homework Helpline service for students.

Married, he and his wife, Bernice, have two sons.

A man of deep religious faith, Hanson chose to express himself in two tell-all books. Now, he seeks to tell more in a third book.

Hence the title, “Oh, My God! — A Handbook to Heaven.”

“Oh, my God!” sounds like something Christians would say when their time comes to a) go to Heaven, or b) go somewhere else.

“I think the time is awfully short. In fact, I wonder why it hasn’t happened already,” he said.

“Whenever it comes, it’s going to happen this way,” he said, pointing at the book he wrote.

The book has been a year in the making before he finished in April.

“The object of my book is to save people,” he said.

So, he wrote a handbook to help people find their own way.

He typed the book on an old typewriter, its ribbon half dry of ink at the bottom.

Then, he had the book read, edited, typed and published.

Now, he is marketing the book by himself.

He has 100 copies to sell.

“I feel this book is straight from up above,” he said. “I felt very confident when I was writing it. Confident that it will have some impact. Not from me, but from somebody else.”

The only name missing from the book’s acknowledgments is that of God.

Hanson will be signing books from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, Jan. 10 at the Austin Public Library and from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Philomathian Book Store and Gift Show on North Main Street in downtown Austin.

For more information or to reserve a copy, call the author at 433-6081.