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Arden and I have a few days to tour around Florence before my conference starts on Wednesday. The weather has been great and both of us had a list of places we wanted to visit over these three days. Sunday we did everything we planned and it was wonderful. We even took a nap in
When I was a young mom, I was not naïve; I knew that life has it ups and downs. I expected a Merry-Go-Round, and got a Roller-Coaster. I thought that my life would go up and down, up and down, in gentle expected cycles of highs and lows. I didn’t anticipate the sudden terrifying plunges,
We all receive inspiration. It’s when you have an idea that sparks up your brain and gives you a solution to a problem or a work around for a particular situation or a creative idea for a project or item. It is exhilarating. I have found that to be effective, I need to act when
When you are in the midst of difficult times in your life, what do you do to make it through? Do you try and find a way to hide out and escape your reality? I do sometimes. Life is overwhelming at times for everyone. For those of us caring for loved ones with severe chronic
Today being Thanksgiving in the United States, I have been thinking about gratitude. I am grateful for a husband who understands me and treats me with kindness and compassion. I am grateful for forgiveness, not only from Jesus, but from everyone that I know. I am grateful for children who have courage to do what
Arden, Nick and I are in Orlando, Florida, attending the LGS Foundation Conference 2017. For those of you who don’t know, Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, or LGS is the syndrome that Nick has. It is a rare epilepsy disease that shows specific characteristics including multiple types of early onset hard to control seizures with slow spike and
This week we received a follow-up call from Nicks neurologist. Nicks seizure med blood levels weren’t optimal so he increased one of the doses of one of the meds. It is a dose Nick has taken before when we would be traveling and he needed extra meds to combat the stress of changing time zones.
This morning, I got notification that an article I had written had been published in the Rare Patient News. The topic is traveling when you child has special needs. I was excited to learn about it and was reminded of a skit by Steve Martin. The new phone book arrived in the mail (this was
Today is my dad’s birthday. He would have been 87 today. If he was here we would be having a massive cake with lots of candles. He would joke about needing a fire extinguisher nearby. He has been gone 25 years so the last time we had candles for him, there were quite a bit
Some days are hectic and some are relaxing. Each one carries a potential lesson for us. It is up to us to ponder, meditate and discover the lesson. Some of life’s lessons are hard, others are easy. Some lessons are learned through one experience, and others seem to take a lifetime. Quite a few times
Announcing that I have finished a book with the working title of “The Fairy Fort.” I am currently pitching it to publishers. Keep checking back to watch the progress of my newest novel.
Here is a quick glimpse of the story.
Sarah Doherty is an 18-year-old living in rural Ireland at the tail end of the Great War. Plagued by severe epilepsy, she is protected by her parents and lives a sheltered, secluded, lonely life. The Fae, local Irish fairies, interfere with her life. She falls forward a century in time through the local fairy fort of standing stones. She had a seizure in 1918 and woke up in 2020. The 21st century world includes life-saving prescriptions, physical comforts and the independence and freedom she seeks. The locals are welcoming and Andy Mclaughlin, a handsome young historian, is intriguing. She doesn’t want to return home.
Then a letter arrives from Boston divulging the story of Sarah and Andy’s lives that are deeply entwined in the previous century. They are not yet in love but as they seek to verify the letter through online resources, they feel a growing obligation to their unborn family and to each other. What would happen to their posterity living in Boston if they don’t return to 1918? Even if they do make it back, her parents can never know what happened to her or that would change everything.
This Young Adult time-travel romance explores the question: Do we have the freedom to make choices or is free will an elaborate illusion?
This is my third book. I love reading time travel romances. I am an advocate for epilepsy awareness because my 43-year-old son has intractable epilepsy. As a genealogist specializing in Irish research, I live part of the year in the village where the story is based. I wrote the book to help young adults understand that difficult situations can change your life. Sometimes miraculously.
