by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Healing & Gratitude, My Writing
I surprised myself by getting a little protective of my estranged mother at a book event recently as I answered readers questions. While my mother made a complicated and fascinating character in my memoir as she did in life, I know it wasn’t only her children she...
by lameredith | Jan 3, 2017 | Family & Celebrations, Uncategorized
Happy New Year! Just before the holidays, I spent some time discarding and donating stuff I no longer wanted when I came across this tattered list. It is an outline of wishes and goals I hoped for in my 39th year. It was just the distraction I needed to stop...
by lameredith | Dec 19, 2016 | Family & Celebrations, Healing & Gratitude, My Writing
It’s deep December, and I’m a bit late in checking in. Then again, I’m also late on Christmas shopping and cards and decorating and the like. But I’ve found my Christmas cheer and am enjoying myself silly instead of feeling engulfed in guilt about my failings....
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Healing & Gratitude, My Writing
I really have to work hard this time of year at being grateful . It’s bitter cold outside here in Alaska at the moment. My lips are cracked and bleeding, my refrigerator is empty since it’s too frigid to shop, and I find the constant darkness to be...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, My Writing
I recently returned from a few days in Scottsdale, Arizona at the She Writes Press (SWP)Author Retreat 2016 at The Boulders Spa. I love writers conferences, but found this retreat, similar to the Wild Mountain Memoir Retreat I attended in Washington almost four years...
