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Money vs Humanity
“We all create the person we become by our choices as we go through life.” Eleanor Roosevelt It was a Friday morning. I had just driven from Cape Coral, Florida to Champaign Illinois, over 1,100 miles in two days. Even after a good night’s sleep, my body and mind were exhausted. Arielle and I stopped at a restaurant for breakfast before meeting her roommates at their new apartment for move-in day. I needed coffee and lots of it! An Awkward Situation As we approached the door to the restaurant I saw a man standing outside. I knew what was coming and I also knew I didn’t have any cash. He…
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My Summer
This has been an eventful summer filled with joyful moments. The summer began with me deciding to give this blog a new design. Cathy at Wheelhouse Collective agreed to help me and she sent me weekly to-do lists to keep me focused so we could finish the website by the end of summer. I have a feeling she’s worked with authors before because just when I thought I had completed my list, a gentle reminder appeared in my Inbox. Thank you, Cathy and Wendy for this beautiful new website. While I was working with Cathy I was also trying to find the right publisher for ELLE & BUDDY. Thanks to…
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The Inspiration behind Elle & Buddy
Little did I know in 2009 when I was advocating for my daughter, Arielle, to be a member of her high school track team ...
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The Inspiration Behind MYSTIC
A year after the accident that left my daughter paralyzed I travelled to Ohio to attend a reading conference where Patricia Polacco ...
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My Writing Process
It’s called procrastination. Not really. Well…. I’ll write more about it later. I write most every day I’m not on vacation. I find the more I write the more ideas and words flow. I’m a believer in the notion that if you don’t use it you lose it. Who knows… maybe I’m wrong but I’m not willing to take a break and see. I’ve exercised long enough to understand that a week away from the gym causes great anxiety at the thought of returning and sore muscles afterward. Writing, like exercising, is part of my day. I enjoy it. Keeping the habit keeps me sane—as sane as any writer can…
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Buddy’s Story
One day a picture on Facebook caught my eye. It was of a giant dog with big floppy ears. The picture was taken by our friend, a photographer, for our local shelter. The caption under the picture said that Buddy was the calmest dog he’d ever met. I didn’t really want another dog, we already had two…but there was something about Buddy. When we called the shelter we were told Buddy had already found a home. Then two weeks later we received a call. Buddy had been brought back to the shelter. Excited, we hurried over to adopt him. When they found out we had stairs in our home they…
