Zibby, knowing where you're going is an important achievement & being kind to yourself in the process is a huge feat! Congrats on finishing your latest novel! I just finished mine & am querying it now. As far as missing your kids when they're not with you, I feel your pain. Been there, done that! I dealt with similar issues. It used to rip my heart out when my kids left me. However, the love you share with them will keep y'all connected until forever (I'm sure you know that already). My kids are all grown up and married with kids of their own. It still hurts when they visit and leave, or when I visit and must leave to come home. In fact, tomorrow I leave for LAX to visit my daughter & her family in Port Hueneme, then I'll visit my daughter & her fam in San Diego. What I love to hear when I see them is, "Immi, love you!" and "Savtah, love you!" (there's nothing quite like it when I hear it in person and not on the phone). It's magic, such magic!!! May you enjoy your children as much as you can while they're with you and let them know you love them no matter where they are. There's sadness when they're not with you, but the joy increases when they return with warm hugs you crave. Wishing you much happiness & joy. B'hatzlacha (בהצלחה)
Great honest pieces of writing. So relatable. Also, I just listened to your interview with Elin Hilderbrand. Loved it! Thank you for all you do for authors and aspiring writers!
May Sarton wrote in such a special way- below is a quote from my favorite journal of hers - “I think of the trees and how simply they let go, let fall the riches of a season, how without grief (it seems) they can let go and go deep into their roots for renewal and sleep ... Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember that nothing stays the same for long, not even pain, psychic pain. Sit it out. Let it all pass.”
Zibby, knowing where you're going is an important achievement & being kind to yourself in the process is a huge feat! Congrats on finishing your latest novel! I just finished mine & am querying it now. As far as missing your kids when they're not with you, I feel your pain. Been there, done that! I dealt with similar issues. It used to rip my heart out when my kids left me. However, the love you share with them will keep y'all connected until forever (I'm sure you know that already). My kids are all grown up and married with kids of their own. It still hurts when they visit and leave, or when I visit and must leave to come home. In fact, tomorrow I leave for LAX to visit my daughter & her family in Port Hueneme, then I'll visit my daughter & her fam in San Diego. What I love to hear when I see them is, "Immi, love you!" and "Savtah, love you!" (there's nothing quite like it when I hear it in person and not on the phone). It's magic, such magic!!! May you enjoy your children as much as you can while they're with you and let them know you love them no matter where they are. There's sadness when they're not with you, but the joy increases when they return with warm hugs you crave. Wishing you much happiness & joy. B'hatzlacha (בהצלחה)
Being vulnerable is really our superpower! That's when others realize "me, too, me, too." Thank you Zibby for all that you do.
Sometimes it takes a while to figure out where we are going…. Isn’t that the truth?!! The journey continues!
Admitting vulnerability is a sign of strength.
Barry & I just arrived in Venice, Italy
It “only” took 30 hrs to get here from Miami
I keep telling him “we are too old for this “!
We are boarding a cruise ship, Regent this morning & hopefully it will be smooth sailing
Great honest pieces of writing. So relatable. Also, I just listened to your interview with Elin Hilderbrand. Loved it! Thank you for all you do for authors and aspiring writers!
Being vulnerable earns respect from supportive people. Deep honesty is always appreciated.
May Sarton wrote in such a special way- below is a quote from my favorite journal of hers - “I think of the trees and how simply they let go, let fall the riches of a season, how without grief (it seems) they can let go and go deep into their roots for renewal and sleep ... Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember that nothing stays the same for long, not even pain, psychic pain. Sit it out. Let it all pass.”
― May Sarton, Journal of a Solitude
Terrific anticipation list --THANK YOU, Libby. And your photo is adorable!!!!
I can't say enough great words about Lynda Cohen Loigman's historical novel --"The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern" ....Its sooooo enjoyable!
"Tell Me Everything" might be my favorite -ever- Elizabeth Strout book (and I like all her work) --
Ali Smith's new book "Gliff" --is brilliant -- challenging in ways as all of Ali Smith's books can be -- but I loved the story of two sisters .
Two books I would add -- non-fiction books -- which I think are incredibly valuable and relevant to our lives are:
"The Quiet Damage" by Jesselyn Cook (NOT boring at all -- very intimate - sad -- but eye-opening
and
"The Anxious Generation" by Johnathan Haidt --
just sharing -- but if you don't want me too --I'll respect that too!
MOST --(new to your site) -- I like what you are doing!!! Thanks again!!!
There is not one book by Dani Shapiro I haven't loved --- both non-fiction and fiction --and I've read them all!