From Left to Write Book Club
The Me before the Mom…
This month the From Left to Write Book Club is reading a book called The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, by Jan-Philipp Sendker. Not available on the American market until February 1st, The Art of Hearing Heartbeats is an international bestseller about a man who goes missing and his daughter’s search for him. Her investigation into [...]
Playing the Prince
“Here Mommy, I will be the beautiful princess and you will be the handsome prince.” Little Miss approaches me in one of her many princess dresses, in her hand is a bright green cape adorned with dollar signs. I hate that cape. It is scratchy. And annoying. And it reminds me of our worst vacation [...]
15??
Yesterday I found what I think is my first grey hair. ”Is this what I think it is?” I called out to my husband. ”What?” he says, “a grey hair? So what?” So WHAT?? I’ll tell you so what… I’m too young to have any grey hair. I know, I know, plenty of people have [...]
People I’d like to punch…
This month the From Left to Write Book Club is reading Exploiting My Baby by Teresa Strasser. It’s a memoir of pregnancy and childbirth, and while I admit that I haven’t finished the book yet, there is one aspect of the book that really speaks to me, as it may well speak to you… Have [...]
Fifteen minutes in the life of a scatterbrained, sleep deprived, possibly ADD Mom…
I really need to sit down and write that post for the From Left to Write Book club. I’m already late with the post cause I lost the book for a while and I still haven’t finished it… But she had some great ideas when you have an extra fifteen minutes on hand and what [...]
At a Loss for Words…
I don’t know what to write about. When I signed up to read “Cowboy and Wills” by Monica Holloway I was planning on writing a heartfelt post about my son and his struggles. In actuality, I don’t think he has many struggles. I thought for a while that he had sensory issues. Maybe he still [...]
This is what I get for not paying attention…
This month the From Left to Write Book Club is reading and writing about The Stuff That Never Happened by Maddie Dawson. I eagerly awaited the arrival of the book because the story sounded so JUICY! Then I realized I had to write a post inspired by this very juicy story… I decided that I [...]
Saying goodbye…
Saying goodbye is never an easy thing. Most of us know that. Recently I received a book, “If You Knew Suzy: A Mother, a Daughter, a Reporter’s Notebook” by Katherine Rosman as part of the From Left to Write Book Club that brought back the hardest goodbye I’ve ever had to say in all my [...]


