Today my youngest looked over at me and asked me why I was different than other mothers. Curiously, I asked him in what way. He replied that I come up with some pretty strange and different stuff and he didn’t know any other mother who would do that. I laughed and made a freakishly stupid face, almost automatically. He laughed too, and said, “yeah, stuff like that.” (Or maybe he meant when he used to get off the bus and we’d run toward each other and belly bump. Or when we walked up the road and he was going on one hundred pounds and I’d offer to carry him on my back. Or maybe it was just me coming into the woods with him and hauling out firewood blocks because I didn’t want him in the woods by himself).
Well, I told him, (unconcerned to look silly in front of my kids), it keeps life interesting. He agreed and said it was never boring. Coming from a sixteen year old, that is certainly a compliment. It quite made my day and I thanked him.
I will be a featured author on Today’s Author with Circle of Seven Productions. When I was first thinking about creating a book video to advertise my book A Journey Well Taken: Life After Loss, I did an internet search for book videos and trailers and what kept coming up in the searches was the company COS, or Circle of Seven. They are the foremost leader in the book video world, and Sheila English started their service in 2002.
Please drop in, the radio spot is located at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Circle-Of-Seven/> and will be at 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time. I will be interviewed by David Ewen, and I will be giving away two copies of A Journey Well Taken: Life After Loss! Come join us.
5 Stars
A story that the recently widowed will take comfort in reading. September 2, 2008
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) -
“To love someone unconditionally for over twenty years and then have them snatched away, this one of the most heartbreaking experiences life can impose upon any of us. “A Journey Well Taken: Life After Loss” is Elaine William’s reflections of her life after dealing with the death of her husbands. She deals with widowhood at a relatively young age and dealing with it through her writing, where she has done quite a few works from fiction to non-fiction to screenplays. Deftly written with an engaging sensitivity and candor, “A Journey Well Taken” is a story that the recently widowed will take comfort in reading.”
