Writing a book about how you’ve survived the process that caused your world to crumble down as it smashed your heart is not an easy feat emotionally. It’s like you’re reliving many of the horrors that you first experienced. And when you’re in the midst of this mindset, vulnerably writing through the story you own you examine how it is … Read More
Taming the Inner Reptar
I’m utterly exhausted as I write this. But I’m a writer and write I must. Yesterday, I drove my 91-year-old grandmother back home to North Carolina after an eventful trip to see us in Virginia. The events started two hours after she arrived in Virginia when we raced her to the Emergency Room by ambulance and began to wind down … Read More