I’m proud to announce the dates and locations for the Goodbye Again: A Memoir book tour. I hope you join me at one (or more) locations in Minnesota or Alaska.
I will have books with me while on tour. You can also get your copy through Barnes & Noble and Amazon, or support your local bookstore by visiting Bookshop. If there’s somewhere else you prefer to purchase your books, leave me a note in the comments below so I can try to accommodate your request.
I’ve been receiving emails, texts, and social media mentions, many of which include images, as soon as Goodbye Again began arriving on doorsteps and in mailboxes. Thank you to everyone who’s reached out – and if you haven’t, I’d love to see a photo of you with my book!
A poignant interview I did with Reid Peterson, host of the Greif Refuge Podcast, released earlier this week. Reid and the team at Grief Refuge App have created a space to find insight and wisdom for managing grief and help us understand what to do with our loss: physically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. At just a little over a half an hour long, I promise you will walk away after listening to this episode feeling hopeful and less alone, so, please, take some time for yourself and listen.
There’s a lot going on in my life.
Actually, in the past week alone:
- I encountered the blue screen of death and had to buy a new computer
- I ruptured the sagittal band of my right middle finger (also referred to as boxer’s knuckle – no, I didn’t hit anything), which will prevent me from signing my books with any semblance of a normal signature
- Participated in the #ChildCareLoss with Melissa M. Monroe, PhD on TwitterSpaces as a featured speaker
- My memoir launched – 5 day BEFORE it was scheduled to do so
- The Grief Refuge podcast interview released
- Seasonal jobs opened in the NPS (an intense application process that closes in less than a week)
- I received the Covid booster, and a flu shot
- Drove to Anchorage (5 hours) for my 12-week spinal fusion checkup and was cleared to begin physical therapy
- Drove back from Anchorage (5 hours) and began physical therapy
- Had my yearly health checkup
Yeah, it’s a lot.
The launch of Goodbye Again, something I have been working toward for years, is exciting and scary, and, well, filled with complex emotions. Throughout this week I have been on the verge of overwhelm.
Instead, I tell friends I am merely whelmed.
I have much to be grateful for: I’m grateful I don’t need surgery on my hand (at least not yet). I’m grateful Tom continues to take care of me, especially when he was almost off the hook before I hurt my hand. I’m grateful I can drive again. I’m grateful to have an outstanding Physical Therapist less than 10 miles away, and that she fit me into her schedule. I’m grateful I could afford a new computer. So, so much for which to be grateful.
And you, my friends, I am grateful for all of you.
Let me know how you’re doing in the comments or reach out via social media or email. If you’ve read the book, please consider leaving a review on Amazon or Bookshop or wherever you can. If you know someone who might be interested in my story, please forward this email to them.
I am sending love and light into the universe for you!
2 Comments
Kimberley · November 23, 2022 at 2:38 pm
Melissa Monroe recommended your book on her podcast and I preordered it. My 19 month old son, passed in his sleep and I found this book very helpful with my grief journey. I didn’t put my son up for adoption but since he passed so young I am also grieving all I didn’t get to do with him and all I will never know about him. I too thought there would be more time.
Candace · November 24, 2022 at 5:42 pm
Thank you so much, Kimberley, for sharing your story and connecting with mine. As Melissa says, “This club suuuucks,” and I am so very sorry for your loss.