by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Uncategorized
How are you? Welcome! It’s June with a vengeance. With warmer temps and thicker wildfire smoke than I can remember in Alaska’s history, it’s one for the books. And movies. And podcasts. Due to the long and lovely summer days, I still have 6 hours of...
by lameredith | | Child Abduction, Classic Posts, Family & Celebrations, Healing & Gratitude
My girls, mom, and me. Our mothers are our first homes, and that’s why we always trying to return to them. By Michele Filgate in What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About. I emailed a friend in recently to bid her Happy Mother’s Day. Normally sunny, her response caught me...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, My Writing
Yesterday, I had a conversation with the Seward Library Book Group about coming clean in my memoir, or, as one member put it, telling on myself. Referring to the times I mentioned my own flaws and frailties, being judgmental or quick tempered, that are sprinkled...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, The Next Chapter
At the risk of sounding superstitious, I’m fairly certain that my house is jealous of my efforts to leave it. The web searches for homes in less expensive states to live in after I retire, the upgrading of the bathrooms, the kitchen, and the floorings. The...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Domestic Violence
There are many reasons an abused partner may choose to remain in their relationship. Faith and ties to their faith community factor in for many. I’m honored to have author Linda M. Kurth sharing from her experience and upcoming memoir. Crazymaking: A form...
by lameredith | | Child Abduction, Classic Posts, Domestic Violence
It’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month. As I prep for a few book events, including a FaceTime conversation with a Florida book group, The question I get asked the most is always How are the girls now? And just after that, Do your daughters mind you writing and...