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Reading for me is learning.

I am of the generation who likes to read from a book - not from a e-reader. I like the smell of a book, the feel of the pages, and be able to easily page back to find something I want to understand better.

Most of my career I have read to improve my skills and talents in teaching children, managing processes and leading adults. I love to read then teach others through consulting, coaching, and training what I have learned.

Reading has also been central to my happiness in life. I can’t remember the first book I read that was not assigned to me by a teacher, but I know the ones that first made me fall in love with books – Cold Sassy Tree, Fried Green Tomatoes, Rainey, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

What books did you fall in love with as a child?

Novel coming soon!

I only began writing fiction this year. It was about time.

I am an observer and conversationalist.  Most of my life I have been writing what I see and insight I gain through conversations.  These “stories” have filled my journals. 

In our family while waiting with others during weddings, long weekends at the beach, caregiving in sickness or healing, and even when someone is approaching death, we talked about our life memories. 

The interesting thing is the more time you reminisce with family and friends the more the stories change.  They resemble your memories but with new perspective.  This change can be surprising.