I remember standing at the front of a room full of dozens of sad, dejected women. We were in the cafeteria of an inpatient addiction treatment facility and it was mothers day. Some of the women had known me for a few weeks, others not at all. I had no idea what they were expecting of me when I said, “Wow. A day to make us feel like lousy mothers and lousier daughters: show of hands, how may of you think this holiday was invented by…
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Some Thoughts About Grief: Spoiler Alert — It Sucks
Grief sucks. There is nothing that prepared me for the loss of my husband. Although he was older than I, my denial of the possibility of being pre-deceased held steady. Afterall, he was healthy and freakishly strong — an athlete by temperament and training. Even a little discipline from time to time. With the exception of the annual fried baloney sandwich and pretzels for Steelers games, some of his self-care habits still reflected that history. No smoking. No drinking. Regular exercise. We often joked that those…
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Big News!
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2022 AMELIA INDIE AUTHORS VIRTUAL BOOK FESTIVAL! -Where Independent Readers and Writers Meet – CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS I haven’t really been AWOL.. just writing a lot of book descriptions, and instructions and schedules, and… A quick recap for you. Nancy Blanton, award-winning author of 17th-century Irish historical fiction is a close friend and a neighbor here on Amelia Island. A few years ago, we started Amelia Indie Authors — a co-op designed to help independent authors raise the bar on what they…
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