From Heartache to Hope Revisited

My last post update on our book, From Heartache to Hope: Middle Tennessee Families Living with Autism, is here. I also wanted to show you how pretty our book looks–see above–at internationally recognized Parnassus Books–Nashville's new little gem...

Carnival Kia, Parnassus, AAM, Pieces of Hope & Our Book

The lights were off and the chirping cricket chorus was deafening. For a year, my dear publisher and  collaborator-photographer and I had a serious disagreement with the charity benefiting from our book, From Heartache to Hope: Middle Tennessee Families Living...

A Lucky Literary Resurrection For Nashville

Last December found Nashville book lovers mourning the loss of our city's last full service independent book store. It was a sign of turbulent times in the publishing world. Soon, three Borders here would also turn off the lights and permanently close their doors....

Grief Perspective & 2nd H2H Anniversary

From a Facebook discussion on this "Journey with Grace" post: The Language of Loss: Putting Grief Into Words, featuring grief writing retreat leader/author Amy Lyles Wilson: "Grief is that which surpasses words…the deepest groans of our hearts....

Another Anniversary

As you know, it's been an anniversary week for our Dear Country. A painful one. Like you, I indulged in some tender time travel. Again, on Tuesday morning I found myself paging and pondering through the memories of yesteryear. And then, it occurred to me. No...