No One is Broken

Published: Fri, 08/15/14

Hello ,

Quick note, just to wave Hi, this week. I'm back to my young adult novel and totally immersed in the process.

I've been writing it for four years now, in-between working on Pure Grit, and Fannie Never Flinced, my non-fiction books. It's such a treat to be able to focus on my fiction every day and I have retreated into the world of my story, (No pun intended) and don't really want to come out.

However, I am making a point to enjoy these last weeks of August, as summer is fleeting. Hope you are, too.

News and Links

A couple weeks ago I wrote about compassion and am heartened by your response. Here's a suggestion that came via twitter. Thanks, Bree!

Karen wrote: I am learning to be compassionate with myself. For me, it is about letting go of resentments that lead to negative thinking.

No One is Broken

A friend of mine, Bill Kenower, has a deep understanding of compassion. His forthcoming memoir is No One Is Broken: What a Father Learned When He Tried to Fix His Son.

Bill says, "The year my son Sawyer officially received the unsurprising diagnosis of high functioning autism was the same year I looked in the mirror and realized I had become the failure I had spent my life fearing I would one day be." Read one of his blog posts on compassion here.

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In a moving, heartfelt and at times downright funny talk, Andrew Solomon gives a powerful call to action to forge meaning from our biggest struggles. To watch the video: click here. It's 20-minutes. If you'd rather read the transcript: click here.

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