Dianne here. What writers really want, besides to get published, is to be read. Although my daughter learned that real writers write no matter what. So that’s what I’m doing today. Writing this blog.
However, I found out yesterday that my book, Single Women – Alive and Well!, is getting read almost daily by the hospice workers who visit my grandmother. They all told me how much they enjoy it and how happy it makes my grandma. Mainly because I refer to her in the introduction.
I wrote that I asked Grandma what her secret was to a long and pain-free life. She took my face in her hands and said to me, without pausing, “I don’t hold grudges.” So I thanked her for that in my book, because it has helped me become a better person, unlike the person I was becoming before I decided to change.
It is possible, you know, to change, even in midlife and later. It is a matter of attitude. I was just explaining to the hospice worker today how writing my book changed me, that it was a spiritual journey which I am still on today because I “got it,” that my happiness does not depend on outside forces.
Today I am grateful for my life, for the people who love me and tell me so, for the simple people who show me what it means to live life to the fullest. I embrace them and the coming season of giving. May you all find the blessings you already have…
