Single Mom. It all happened quite by surprise one day. I was with a friend at a leadership celebration where I was being honored for my achievement. She introduced me with kindness and grace and spoke of my unending drive and love. She said so very many wonderful things about me. I even blushed. … Read More
Month: September 2016
The World’s Worst Road Trip
In the Mysterious Case of the Explosive Dog Poo Once upon a time I set out on a great, big road trip with my family and our two dalmatians. I had our hotel booked for the first night on the journey only five hours away. It seemed so easy when I planned it all out, … Read More
Surviving Two Kickstarter Campaigns
Living through the Kickstarter rollercoaster. I did it twice. TWICE! What kind of lunatic does that rollercoaster twice? Me. That’s who. I did it back in 2013 with my first novel Bloodmark in the Bloodmark Saga, to help pay for the marketing, editing and proofing process before it ever got printed. I remember that … Read More
Learn to See Those Around You.
Pay Kindness Forward. Sometimes in life, we are running so fast to survive, we stop seeing the people around us, for what they truly are . . . other human beings in need of love. We just see them as the guy that gives me coffee, the waitress serving my table, the woman at … Read More
Staring at Things and Eating Stuff
Dealing with Death I’ve now lost all my grandparents. My paternal grandfather when I was very young, and I have very few memories of him. My paternal grandmother after many many years in a nursing home. She taught me to love kittens and life on the farm. My maternal grandmother after a long fight … Read More