When October comes around, I think about Halloween. Every year, my husband and I have enjoyed taking our granddaughters to pick out costumes at the Halloween Store. Sometimes it’s only helping them construct the character costume they want to be. From what I hear, costume picking is a big deal Read more…
A Cleft In The World by Elizabeth Sumner: I picked up this book because I admired the marketing Elizabeth does for her books. I found I really enjoyed the story of French Professor Georgie Bricker. Due to her agoraphobia, Georgie has stayed content not leaving the life she built at a Read more…
Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover: This is my second book by Colleen and I love her writing style, though I understand many don’t. What makes her books stand out for me is how much character interiority she shares with the reader. She picks difficult topics to write about, but being Read more…
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave: This is a suspenseful, heart-gripping story about a woman who, after she finally finding the love of her life, her husband disappears. Following his last request, she must do whatever she can to protect her stepdaughter as her husband’s secrets are Read more…
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin was on my radar because it was a bestseller. I found that at the heart of this story was a friendship that started between the two main characters, Sam Masur and Sadie Green. The friendship started early on in their lives and Read more…
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus: Set in the 1960s, our protagonist, Elizabeth Zott, is a woman who challenges the status quo of women in the workplace. Elizabeth is determined to make her mark in the world as a scientist. She is left-brain smart and an outspoken woman who ruffles Read more…
Living Through a Transition “Life is a story of transitions… you are always leaving one chapter behind while moving to the next.” ~ Anonymous When I took my first community college writing class eight years ago, I was looking for connection and a creative outlet. I had retired early from Read more…
What are the events that steal your confidence? We all have those times when our confidence is shaken. Those times we might wonder if we are worthy of reaching our goals, that we deserve respect, or that we can recover from difficult times. I think women (especially in my generation) Read more…
Being of a certain age, it’s time to reinvent myself. My immediate family is small; we were blessed with one child. I enjoyed being a mother the whole way through. That is also true for being a grandparent. However, as my granddaughters grow and my age advances, how I once Read more…
Leaving Middle Age: They consider middle age to be between 40 and 60. Though I have always “held my age” well, I have definitely left middle age. In this next stage of life, it has become obvious to me that self-care is not a luxury but a must! I don’t Read more…