Have you ever had one of those full circle years where your entire life in all of its’ seasons comes back to you like a rushing wind of love and emotion…? Well, this is my year… I went to a family reunion in the heart of Kansas where I was born and stayed at a hotel that was exactly across the street from the hospital where I was born… then I just visited where I grew up in the heart of Nebraska for a high school reunion and suddenly it seemed like no time had passed… we were all still there together listening to great music and laughing so hard you can’t breathe and your ribs hurt… Next up is Fort Collins, Colorado where I went to college… I’ll be blasting the Grateful Dead … you better believe it but most of all, I wrote a book and published it this year of a story I’ve been writing for many, many moons and it holds everything that I feel a young woman should know when she goes out into the world…... (more)