Check out my books on Amazon.com for temporary price reductions...

Hey Y'all,
This is the link to my books on Amazon.com. If you have read any of them I would love for you to submit a review. I would greatly appreciate it.

On August 19, Legacy of Love, a personal memoir of my mother's last year as she battled with cancer and anecdotes from myself and her other daughters, will have a price reduction for 5 days.

And beginning tomorrow, August 13, 2016, the Kindle Edition of One Perfect Now, a story of a woman losing her mom but finding her faith and herself, will be free for download Saturday and Sunday.
                         

                        "One Perfect Now is the story of Sandy Weston’s journey through incredible love and unbearable loss. She embarks on a journey she never wanted to take and along her journey she finds the identity she thought she lost, the strength she hadn’t realized she had, and the courage to walk into the future she always wanted"

Again, any reviews would be appreciated. Even if you don't love it, your opinion matters a great deal, especially as I am about to take my Aunt Millie Goodman's advice and begin a sequel to One Perfect Now, focusing on Sandy's brother and their relationship.


As always, peace to you all. 

Andora , TheWritingMommy

Day 8- Struggles

Day 8 – Share Something You Struggle With

Geeze, this is getting personal isn’t it? I guess I can trust you though; right? Sure I can, we’re all friends here.

I’m not sure exactly what sort of struggles to write about because sadly I have plenty to choose from.

Physically, I struggle with heart disease, type II diabetes, and fibromyalgia. As bad as it sounds I am really very blessed because I have survived cervical cancer in 1990, a heart attack in 2013, and fibromyalgia for 19 years. But I have survived! And now, I am eating a healthier diet and exercising almost every day and I feel so much better than I have in years.

I don’t really “struggle” with any of that now really, except the fibromyalgia, which is a daily adventure on its own. Sort of like Forrest’s box of chocolates, I never know what I’m gonna get.

One of my bigger struggles is with over eating, especially when I am upset or angry or sad; basically, emotional eating or using food as a source of comfort. And the guilt that follows… oy vey!

See, I know that gluttony is a sin, and I know that wasting food by eating more than I need or even want is just wrong and sometimes, even knowing these things, I feel powerless to stop it.

I know, I know, it sounds like a lot of hooey to someone who doesn’t have any addictive tendencies, or even to those who struggle with “real” addiction like cigarettes, drugs, or alcohol but believe me when I say, the struggle is real.

See, food is the addiction that has historically been accepted socially. It is even fostered. Don’t believe me? What do you do when someone dies? You take the grieving family a casserole or a bucket of chicken. When someone is celebrating a milestone in their life, wins a big game or is victorious in some other way, how do you celebrate? Usually with a dinner or at the very least, a cake.

I guess the point is we all struggle with something. We can’t quantify someone else's struggle because we don’t feel what they feel. What is excruciatingly difficult for me might be a piece of cake (no pun intended) for you, and what may be easy for me might be a stumbling block for you. We have to find a way to be at peace with ourselves, then with others, because you never really know what someone else is going through.

Peace and love y'all-

TheWritingMommy