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Can I go on?

  1. Nick loves to sing.  He has memorized hundreds of songs and sometimes he is like a human juke box, singing one song after another, end to end.  This musical feast can get interrupted.  Arden or I might receive a phone call, or there is something we need to talk about or we arrive at our destination mid-song.  Often as soon as the perceived interruption is finished, Nick will say, “Can I go on?”  When we respond, “Yes, you can,” he will pick up the song, even mid-phrase and continue through to the end.  It astounds me that he can remember the exact place he was when he stopped singing.

He doesn’t seem angry or frustrated.  He isn’t offended, he just picks up where he left off and finishes what he set out to do. A great example of single minded persistence.

My response to unseen interruptions has been a little different.  There are times that I have wasted my time and energy with feelings frustration, discouragement and even anger. It would be much simpler to just ask the question “can I go on?” And reengage in my quest.

This is today’s insight from observing Nick, Don’t get discouraged.  Keep on going.

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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.