19 January 2010

Well, at long last all the months and months of tap-tap-tappin' on the keyboard is bringing forth fruit.  My memoirs are due to be published in April 2010, now just a few months away.  Yee Haw!
I've learned some things about the publishing world as well as about myself during this process; revelations have been surprising on both fronts! 
As for the observations I've made about myself, I'm a lot more tenacious than I ever imagined.  However along with that discovery came the realization of how much the events of my 53 years on the planet and how I chose to internalize those happenings have impacted who I was, am and who I may become tomorrow.  The writing of this book, the reliving of my childhood and beyond has also given me better tools to keep my life running on a forward moving and hopeful trajectory. The privilege and opportunity to share my story has been an eye opening experience for which I am truly grateful.

My book is being published under the Dutton/Penguin books imprint and its title will be:

"703: How I Lost Over a Quarter Ton and Gained a Life."

An article about my story will be featured in Grand Rapids Magazine in March 2010.  Look for me in other upcoming venues, in print, on radio and television.  I will update the website as dates and times become available.

I am investigating the option of including a chat feature on this site.  I think it would be a powerful format to both help support one another and to network for changes needed in a variety of areas of society and in the health care field to better serve those who so dearly wish to reconnect to a better, full and more happy life.

My hope is that the story of my re-birth can help many who have lost the belief that their lives can be anything but what they see before them now.  They only need re-discover what lies within each of us and take back what they thought was lost forever.  And I should know ...... I was where each of these people are now, not so very long ago.

With love, peace and so much hope,

Nancy