After Clouds...Rainbows

My second book, After Clouds...Rainbows, is a love story about growing old together. Dianna and Michael, the main characters from, Decision or Destiny, face the challenges of aging. Married thirty-five years and in their mid eighties, they must face reality and make decisions about where and how they want to live out the December of their lives.

This fictional account mirrors real life situations as Dianna questions her own deteriorating physical health and the love of her lifes cognitive and physical changes also. Is this a normal part of getting old? Or does ones attitude play an important part? Or is the understanding and support of family part of surviving ones handicaps?

Stay tuned for updates when this book will be released...

Now back to the rest of the story!

An excerpt from another chapter in Book II, After Clouds...Rainbows

 
Emptiness echoes like a wind chime blowing during a storm...

Michael's face mirrored an after shock of reality...the sudden death of his good friend, Jack.  The news didn't register as they were planning a fishing trip for the next day and Jack was going to get his fishing licence renewed later that morning. He told him that he was trying a new cookie recipe and would bring them on the boat to share with lunch.

Jack's son called in the early evening, his voice was soft and tears muffled the news, "My dad died of a heart attack around noon today."

Time out for life events

I recently took a time out from writing to mourn and attend the funerals of three brother's-in-law, a step uncle, and the fishing buddy of my dear one.

"Live Like You Were Dying", sung by Tim McGraw, brings to mind how short our time on this earth is, and to spend each moment doing what we love best!  And say "I love you" more often to your family and friends. We never know when we'll be seeing one another again.

Replace negative emotions and words with kindness - it feels better and is healthier!  Love surely trumps hate!

We each have a path to follow, may it be filled with all good things. Enjoy the butterflies, birds and flowers along the way!

Book II coming to your neighborhood bookstore soon!

After Clouds...Rainbows

A love story about growing old together, based on actual events in the lives of Michael and Dianna (the main characters from  Decision or Destiny) is nearing completion and will have a coming out party this summer. More details will be posted soon!

The Train Ride, a poem in a chapter for Book II

Time, precious time, wait...

No, I know you won't, or can't.

Like a speeding train can't stop fast - but slow.

But no, not even slow - dear time where do you go?

Don't look back - be right here...

In time, forever in time - the years whiz by, why?

Keep moving, keep riding...until...

there's no days or years - left.

Starting from the ending...

The Last Chapter?

A Different Dream

Today I started from the end of the story - I had to leave it at 550 words - it's a bittersweet ending and it brought me to tears. It ends with a poem that subtley shows what happens.