Two “Blue Feathers” in a day . . .

I received the following message on February 24, 2015, the same day that a lovely note was sent to me. The note is included in yesterday’s blog. The message is the focus of today’s blog.

Judith, like I have told you in the past. You are a warm and loving soul, with the strength and bravery of a lion. Your story has touched so many and will touch many as the years go by. It will not remain a book that just sits and collects dust on a shelf of any old bookstore. Someone will see the title and it will pull at their heartstrings and something inside of them will tell them that this is something that they would like to know more about. A story about the love between a mother and her child in any fashion always pulls in the warm hearted. We just love to reaffirm that this kind of love really does exist and reminds us why we too love our own children so much. Your love story will stay with me for my lifetime. I will always look at my children and be more thankful and grateful for them because of your beautiful story. You taught me to love deep, love hard. And love every second I have with them. You probably don't even realize through your story you gave me my own love story. I look at my own children each day and am so grateful for each day I have them. You wrote the gift that keeps on giving. I am forever grateful.

One of the reviews I was given a while back was scathing because the reviewer felt a “teacher” should not have used the “f” word in her writing. She SO missed the point. My memoir is not about profanity, though it definitely includes it. It is about so much more. I believe the woman who sent this message above understood. Thank you, my friend.

Tumor Me, The Story of My Firefighter is available on Amazon.com.