Time Measured Out! Launch—Will Be Released This Week

December 14, 2025December 14, 2025 Larada Horner-MillerLeave a comment

My Time Measured Out! Launch snuck up on me. I have been trying to get this book published for months, and I realized this weekend I had to move on it. I have two different release dates for the e-book and the paperback, but it’s set. So this afternoon I set up my launch plan.

Why The Delay?

Because of our move to Panama, I have been working on finishing this book for months! My editor finished her work in the end of July—right when we had scheduled a three-day estate sale from July 25-27. So, I put it on the back burner. This book haunted me since then because I wanted to get it out before we moved to Panama, but I had too many demands on my time with the move.

Then when we arrived here, the demands increased: buy furniture and get set up in our new home. Quickly, I returned to United States for five weeks. Naively, I thought I could work on it when I was there, but I was busy, busy, busy!

So, here we are—mid-December and finally I have it ready. The launch goes into Christmas, so I wonder about that, but this would make a great stocking stuffer for those who love e-books!

My ARC Team

Remember back in September, I offered an “Advanced Copy” to my ARC (Advance Reader Copy) team. As a part of their agreement for receiving it free, I will remind them this week to go and leave a review for this book on Amazon and/or Goodreads which helps boost the way Amazon promotes a book.

Pre-Order E-book

Time Measured Out!: Navigating Life’s Journey Through Poetry e-book has a release date: December 18! I decided to try a Pre-Order from Amazon. I’ve never done one before, and I’ve wondered about it, so I decided to try it. If you choose to pre-order my e-book, you need to know the price is $4.99. If you pre-order the paperback, it’s $15. Just wanted to be upfront with you.

So, do you want to be one of the first to buy my new book? Go here: https://www.amazon.com/Time-Measured-Out-Navigating-Journey-ebook/dp/B0G6GM86JR

SPECIAL OFFER FOR MY BLOG READERS: If you pre-order this book which is book #2 in the five-book poetry series, I will email you a FREE e-book copy of book #1, Was It A Dream? Just email me at larada@laradasbooks.com with your receipt when you receive my new book! Two books for the price of one! What a deal!

Paperback Release

It will be released December 21 because I delayed the finishing step because Amazon has a focus time for new books: 30 days after publication, so I wanted to be wise about that. I plan to continue promoting this book through mid-January!

My Launch Plan

A couple days ago, I researched the sites I have used during the launch time of my last couple books, and because I had waited too long, many of the sites were sold out, so I had to delay the special prices. I put together a list of the sites I used to launch my first book in this five-book series that help get it to be #1 in three Amazon categories:

#1 – Contemporary Poetry
#1 – Poetry About Specific Places
#1 – Women’s Poetry

The list of promotional sites I used for this book launch I’ve used for the last couple books and it’s worked well for me.

It’s so strange to work so hard on a book then to give it away FREE for five days. The reasoning: the book ranks high in at least three categories, and you can claim that success!

On December 22 , I will have a Zoom Launch Party at 7:00 PM MST. Come and hear some of the poems read and get the inside scoop of what this five-book series is about.

A Free Copy?

FREE is appealing to lots of us! If you’re interested in a FREE copy of Time Measured Out!, it will be on the following book promotional sites and many others:

December 19 – Awesome Gang
December 20 – Bargain Booksy
December 21 – Free99Books
December 22 – Fussy Librarian
December 22 – Free99Books
December 23 – FreeBooksy
December 23 – Free99Books

You will have to give them your email address to get the list of books free for that day, but they have some great offers.

Obviously, as an author, I hope you will leave a review after you receive a free copy—that’s part of the launch plan here.

Finally, you have choices here:

e-book pre-order
wait until December 19 for a FREE copy
pay $.99 if you missed the FREE offer
paperback after December 21

If you missed these five days FREE, the book will be discounted to $.99 for a four days at the following sites:

December 24 – Bargain Booksy
December 25 – Awesome Gang
December 26 – Fussy Librarian
December 27 – D iscount Book Man

Would this be your first book of mine? Come on, and go to one of the sites listed above, download the book, read it and leave a review! That would be a great Christmas present to me!

Picture of Larada - Launch — Merry Christmas—Feliz Navidad—and be sure and download my new book!

My Newest Books

Is My Truth Universal?: A Woman’s Poetic Odyssey e-book – FREE

Was It a Dream?: Navigating Life’s Journey Through Poetry e-book on sale for $.99

Hair on Fire: A Heartwarming & Humorous Christmas Memoir e-book on sale for $1.99

Buy My Audio Books:

This Tumbleweed Landed

Let Me Tell You a Story

Hair on Fire: A Heartwarming & Humorous Memoir Audiobook

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Setting Goals as I Face the Third Quarter of Book Sales

August 24, 2025August 24, 2025 Larada Horner-MillerLeave a comment

Goals get us there! I’m facing the third quarter of the year and the sales of my books has plummeted because I’ve focused on moving and recovering from the dog attack.

I know the power of setting goals. When I was the computer coordinator for Washington middle school back when the internet was new and we as the staff pulled the cable throughout the building to get connected, the computer committee had our beginning meeting of the year.

I said, “Let’s brainstorm what we want for our school. The rules for brainstorming apply: anything goes.”

So my futuristic committee listed things completely out of our budget. I watched amazed—yes, I caught the fever and threw my two cents in too!

After the meeting, I formulated the ideas and presented them to the principal. Then she and I presented them to our legislator (who just happened to have been the principal at Washington middle school before he got into politics).

Outlandish goals, futuristic goals, realistic goals? We received funds from the state for everything on our list! That lesson has stayed with me for decades. I’ve often said, “Goals pull us along. Goals get us there!”

So, as I face the third quarter of the year, September is the lead and planning phase as I move into October, November & December,

So, the goals I established today appear too ambitious, too much, outlandish, but I’m going to sure them anyway.

1^st Goal: Work on my second poetry book in a series of five and published it

Just today, I got the final draft back from my editor, so now I have to read through it for corrections. She said there weren’t many. Then I import it into the publishing program I use, Vellum. Next, I need to email readers on my email list to be on my ARC (Advanced Reader Copy ) Team to read it, write a blurb I enter in the print of my book and write a review in exchange for a free .pdf copy of the book. I have the description in the works. After the book is laid out, I can get the cover down because they need the page count to correct an accurate cover. I’ve used 100 Covers .

Hopefully, I will launch this book late October, early November. I will let you know! If you want to be a part of the ARC team for this new book, email me at larada@laradasbooks.com and I will send you a copy of the new book.

2^nd Goal: Revise my autofiction book on being an incest survivor and healing

Because of all the flurry around the Epstein files, I talked to my therapist about being an “Advocate for Survivors.” In the midst of this conversation, as an incest survivor, I remembered I had written a book about this, almost ten years ago. Who cares? I have it!

In 2016 I joined NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) to commit to writing about 1600 words a day, ending up with 50,000 at the end of the month. The results of the presidential election that year really spurred me on—I was devastated by the results.

Because of that dedicated, concentrated time, I wrote a 50,000+ autofiction. So, what is an autofiction?

Jane Friedman, a leader in the publishing industry says: “Short for autobiographical fiction, autofiction uses elements of autobiography and fiction to examine decisive aspects of the writer’s life. The writer then melds these realities with fictional plot elements, characters and events in a way that often reads like memoir or autobiography. With the lines of fact and fabrication blurred, readers are engaged in wondering what’s real, what isn’t, and how they can figure out which is which.”

https://janefriedman.com/the-how-when-and-why-of-writing-autofiction

Because of this, when I finish book #2 of the poetry series, Time Measured Out, I will focus on revising the autofiction and get it to my editor who has already heard about it. Then I will return to my poetry series.

3^rd Goal: Continue with the Click Ad program for my Christmas book

In April 2024, I bought Steve Pieper’s Click Ad program to create profitable ads on Facebook doing click testing and had worked my way through most of the lessons, ready to promote my Christmas book. I bought it because my book coach did a webinar with Steve. Also, his reviews and results blew me away!

Christmas is coming, so this would be a great time to go back to whatever lesson I’m on and finish it. I may have to redo a couple of the ad copy. I’m excited because many authors have had good results with Steve’s program.

4^th Goal: Energize my back-list sales

I have nine books (soon ten), three cookbooks and three audiobooks just sitting there for ready to buy, but I have to have a plan to promote them. I have multiple competitors in each area, so I have to work at this.

Here’s my action plan to be implemented in September and beyond:

BOOK TITLE	PROMOTION	DATE	RESULTS
This Tumbleweed Landed		October
When Will Papa Get Home?		October
Let Me Tell You a Story		October
Is My True Universal?: A Woman’s Poetic Odyssey		October
A Time to Grow Up: A Daughter’s Grief Memoir		November
Coronavirus Reflections: Bitter or Better?		November
Just Another Square Dance Caller: Authorized Biography of Marshall Flippo		November
Is My True Universal?: A Woman’s Poetic Odyssey		November
Hair on Fire: A Heartwarming & Humorous Christmas Memoir		December
Was It a Dream?: Navigating Life’s Journey Through Poetry		December
Is My True Universal?: A Woman’s Poetic Odyssey		December

We will see how the plan goes. You can see it’s real sketchy now!

5^th Goal: Do an audiobook for my 1st book in my poetry series

I love recording audiobooks—reading my own words out loud is magical. So when I finished Was It a Dream? and published it, the recovery from the dog attack consumed me. I couldn’t stand up at the mic in my make-shift recording studio (my walk-in closet) that long—too physically taxing. Also, I was on heavy pain medication and publishing an audiobook has many intricate steps. I have used Derek Doepker’s program, Audiobooks Made Easy. This program spells out exactly what you have to do and Derek is great support if you have any problems.

Lin & Larada at Garden Place in Boquete, Panama - Set goals

As I sit here and lay out this plan, I step back! In the midst of all this, I have a move to Boquete, Panama and am starting a new life there, so I’m writing these goals out to remind myself—I am an author no matter where I live. I have the last quarter of 2025 to get my book sales going.

Also, because of the recovery of the dog attack, I lost a year of promoting my books, so I am way behind!

Will I accomplish all these goals?

Maybe yes, maybe no, but seeing them in black and white make them concrete! Easily, I can carry any no fulfilled to first quarter of 2026 and add to the list.

All this talk of promotion made me think, “Have you bought one, two or all of my books?” Let’s start here with promoting them. Go to my A uthor’s Page on Amazon where you can get them all!

Keep scrolling and you can see links to my audiobooks. I only sell my cookbooks directly until August 30 through my Etsy Shop, Larada’s Reading Loft.

My Newest Books

Is My Truth Universal?: A Woman’s Poetic Odyssey e-book – FREE

Was It a Dream?: Navigating Life’s Journey Through Poetry e-book on sale for $3.00

Hair on Fire: A Heartwarming & Humorous Christmas Memoir e-book on sale for $2.99

Buy My Audio Books:

This Tumbleweed Landed Audiobook

Let Me Tell You a Story Audiobook

Hair on Fire: A Heartwarming & Humorous Memoir Audiobook

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More of Beautiful Boquete: Our Scouting Trip, Week #3

June 8, 2025June 15, 2025 Larada Horner-MillerLeave a comment

Larada grinding coffee beans to get shells off - Boquete — Larada grinding coffee beans to get shells off

Lin takes a turn! Boquete — Larada grinding coffee beans to get shells off

We scouted more in our third week in Boquete! Using our time wisely, we took advantage of our tour guide and the free time afterwards.

On previous Friday, we had a full day with Jason, our professional tour guide, looking around Boquete, and we met a couple he had worked with who are building a house as we speak. They offered for us to come and see it.

Monday – Another Tour Day of Boquete

So the first stop Monday morning with Jason on our second day of touring was their new house. What a ride that was—up the mountain above Boquete on a rocky primitive road demanding a four-wheel drive. But what a treat! They’ve designed an amazing large home away from the hustle and bustle of Boquete with panoramic views and too amenities to list! The wife gave us an extensive tour of the house while her husband continued to plant various plants on their property for a variety of reasons, each thought out carefully.

Afterwards, we continued our tour of the higher areas above Boquete to get a fill for the different areas and microclimates. This tour I wrote twelve pages of notes—again only I can decipher the writing because of the rocky roads.

We saw several developments around this couple’s house: La Estrella, Lucero, Lemon Grove. Then we went back to Boquete and went up the mountain to the misty area and saw these developments:

Los Naranjos – an area near Boquete but up the mountain, so more rain and fog—”mist” is what Jason called it!
Alto Quiel – which was too expensive for our blood but enjoyed seeing it.

Next, we enjoyed one stop along the way, Finca Lerida, a coffee farm, where we enjoyed a latte and sweet treat and hummingbirds! Jason loves birding, so he had his equipment with him. He used a special telescope on a tripod and attached my iPhone to it and we got this amazing video of a precious hummingbird! And the photo, too!

We videotaped a hummingbird using Jason’s telescope and my iPhone!

Hummingbird we filmed using Jason's telescope & my iPhone, Boquete, Panama — Hummingbird we filmed using Jason’s telescope & my iPhone

Jason & Lin with his telescope, ready to tape the hummingbird, Finca Lerida, Boquete, Panama — Jason & Lin with his telescope, ready to tape the hummingbird at Finca Lerida

Afterwards, on Monday

we continued touring, seeing

Alto Lino
Los Ladrillos
- A basalt climbing wall back in the Los Narnajos area
Alto Lino
Palo Alta

Lin at the basalt climbing wall at Los Ladrillos, Boquete, Panama — Lin at the basalt climbing wall at Los Ladrillos

At this point, both of us thought Alto Lino or Palo Alto—they moved to the top of our list to explore later in the week on own! Maybe we would land here! We liked that it was two minutes to Boquete and near restaurants.

As we drove, Jason answered many questions we had about the rainy season versus the dry season, where to use our ATM card, etc. He also showed us several AirBnBs for our next trip back.

We stopped for lunch at the Sugar & Spice Restaurant and Bakery. During lunch, we enjoyed meeting one amiable ex-pat and one super negative one. We escaped him as quickly as possible.

More on Monday: Then Down to the Lower Elevation

Then we went to the lower elevation of Alto Boquete towards David. Because we moved to lower elevation, the temperature rose and the wind blew.

We went through

El Frances
- Gated community, still building with rough roads. Jason had us do a temperature test there: we got out of the truck and walked a little. IT WAS HOT—very different from Boquete.
- They have a bilingual school, International Academy, known to be the best school in the area. The students have no homework and they attend from 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
From there, we went on an adventure! We took a back road to Caldera, but the road disappeared, so we turned around and backtracked.

As we drove, Lin asked for suggestions in buying a car. Jason offered for his sage advice! He also suggested to live near a politician, becausse they have the best roads and internet!

Then to end our tour, we drove back towards our hotel to the Volcancito area.

We went up Volcano road towards Volcán Barú, but we couldn’t go all the way up because it requires a four-wheel drive to get to the summit. But we saw another development, Santa Sophia with lots costing $150,000! We ended this tour high up the mountain, overlooking Boquete from another vantage point at the Cerro Verde development. What an amazing view! And what a wonderful day.

Tuesday – An Unforeseen Down Day

We had hired a tour guide for the other city we might move to, Volcan, but I woke up sick with my stomach issues. So, we postponed the trip to Saturday, and I slept the day away.

When I felt better, we had a late lunch at the Boquete Sandwich Shop. I had black bean soup and ginger ale; however, I split a piece of delicious carrot cake with Lin. This place became one of our favorites because of the manager and Kimberley, a waiter!

We played cribbage in the evening and watched TV—very much a down day for us!

Wednesday – A Full Day in Boquete

We woke early and did our morning routine of showering, cribbage and breakfast. As we left our hotel, a dog from a nearby house charged u, and it scared me—reminiscent of the vicious dog attack I’m trying to recover from. Lin managed it and I got in the car, but—OMG!

From there we went downtown Boquete for my first of three Panamanian physical therapy appointments. What I experienced was amazing! I had researched online treatment for the nerve damage I have – CRPS – Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome. And she did a couple of them.

First, she did deep oscillation for fifteen minutes from the bottom of my foot to my butt. Second, she did an ice pack on the whole area for ten minutes. Third, she did electrodes for fifteen minutes, increasing the stimulation as I could stand it. Fourth, she massaged me from foot to butt. Then she had me do several exercises. The appointment lasted an hour, and cost me (without insurance) $25! Wow!

Afterwards, I met Lin in the same shopping mall at Kotowa, a coffee shop much like Starbucks, for a drink. We booked a tour of a coffee farm, Finca Casanga, for the next day nearby. Then we attempted to use our ATM card at one of the banks, but it didn’t work. We enjoyed a light lunch and went to the hotel.

In checking my email, I got an outrageous bill for our phones. We have AT&T. Before we left, I researched and called to confirm we had usage in Panama like in the USA. Yes, but I ASSUMED that covered our iPads, too! No, this unfortunate lesson cost us about $200! Live and learn.

That evening we had dinner with Ruth and John, our dance friends from the US. We ate at the Smurf restaurant—really a Peruvian restaurant. Its official name is Re staurante La Cueva Del Pitufo. It’s called the Smurf restaurant because for some reason, they have a Smurf on their sign! No clue!

We sat outside and enjoyed getting reacquainted. They shared lots of important information about moving to Panama and Boquete. Afterwards, we went to see Jason, our tour guide’s basketball game at 9:30 PM. They were in the middle of the semi-finals for the city league for men over forty. They won, and Ruth and I cheered like crazy—much noisier than the rest of the crowd!

Thursday – The Market & a Coffee Farm

The night before, we made a plan to meet Ruth and John at the Thursday Boquete Community Market. Ruth personally took us around and introduced us to people in booths there that she thought we needed to know! The people welcomed us with open arms. It was a mixture of locals and ex-pats.

At one booth, I met a fellow-knitter and ex-pat, Brandy Gregory, who started the Boquete Knitters & Quilters group. This service group provides baby items because she found out that some of the local natives, Ngabe-Bugle, brought their newborn baby to the hospital wrapped in a newspaper. I know I will participate when we move there, but they meet every Friday from 1:00-3:00 PM, about the same time as the Boquete writing group, so I will have to alternate!

Then we returned to the Kotowa Coffee Shop for lunch because it was next door to the pick-up place for the coffee farm tour. Also, we successfully got money using our ATM—Yahooo!

Thursday – Finca Casanga

Because it’s the slow season, we had a private tour of Finca Casanga. The owner’s wife, Andi, picked us up and immediately started sharing information about living in the Boquete area and moving to Panama. She suggested three areas in Alto Boquete: Palmeira, Las Brisas and behind the Ivan store, towards David. She warned us about black mold in the higher elevations above Boquete. No one else had mentioned that.

Lin roasting our coffee beans - Finca Casanga, Boquete Panama — Lin roasting our coffee beans

Marty showing pouring one of the brews! Finca Casanga, Boquete, Panama — Lin roasting our coffee beans

We enjoyed Marty, our tour guide, shocked at the long, arduous process it takes to get the coffee bean to the end product. Near the end of the tour, we had the pleasure of roasting coffee beans, packaging and naming our blend. Lin named it “Larada’s Blend.” Then Marty brewed the same coffee blend, using three different methods: French Roast, Italian Expresso and Siphon Brew. It shocked me how different each of the brewing methods changed the flavor of the coffee. We ended with a sample of their Geisha coffee!

On the drive back to our car, Andi continued to give us more information about various developments around Boquete. We sat in her car for more than fifteen minutes in the rain with her sharing valuable tidbits!

Finally,

As you can see, we filled less than a week with lots of activity. As we toured with Jason, I made note of the different areas, the difference in the microclimates and started putting together a bigger plan.

So, join me next week for the end of our scouting trip to Boquete and our return to Panama City and trip back to the USA. Whew! What a full week!

National Audiobook Month! See my audiobooks listed below! All are sale this month for your listening pleasure!

My Newest Books

Is My Truth Universal?: A Woman’s Poetic Odyssey e-book – FREE

Was It a Dream?: Navigating Life’s Journey Through Poetry e-book on sale for $.99

Hair on Fire: A Heartwarming & Humorous Christmas Memoir e-book on sale for $1.99

Buy My Audio Books:

This Tumbleweed Landed

Let Me Tell You a Story

Hair on Fire: A Heartwarming & Humorous Memoir Audiobook

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Mom, Again—Is This Too Much? A Natural for Women’s History Month

March 23, 2025March 23, 2025 Larada Horner-MillerLeave a comment

ith her Panda hat on!- would have — With her Panda hat on!

At a Branson-Trinchera Reunion! - would have — With her Panda hat on!

Can we ever write too much about our moms? I continue to honor women in my life for National Women’s History Month, and Mom is a natural to share today.

Today is twelve years since Mom died. I feel melancholy and I yearn for her familiar presence in my life! As I struggle with this anniversary, I remember the multiple moments that explode in my memory of our last day together.

I feel a poem coming on! This is a rough first draft, so let me know what you think! You’re going to get to see how I write my poetry: thoughts come to me and then I go with it, massage it, enlarge it and then possibly delete the whole thing. I’ll share the final copy with you in a couple weeks.

Can You Ever Write Too Much About Our Your Mom?

Your mom, mine
	Our first playmates,
		The familiar heartbeat that we knew!
	She looms large in our lives
And then the day comes—
        She dies!
Can you ever write too much about your mom?

Today, twelve years after her death,
	I wonder—
		Can I ever write too much about Mom?

Here I am 71, remembering her at my age.
	I don’t feel old,
		But I remember her older,
			Vibrant,
				A large part of my life!

I circle back to her daily,
	With a thought, ‘she’d like this. She’d laugh at that!”
That’s how she lives with me!

My mom, like yours, holds 
a special place in your heart.
Anniversaries come and go—
	I’ve cried over the years,
		But the earthshaking pain
			Has lessened.
Why is today different?
	Melancholy
		A deep yearning for her.
Why?

I have called my brother several times today,
	The anniversary of her death,
	About the NCAA tournament
		Never mentioned Mom and today’s loss,
			But I needed him!
				I needed the connection to her!

As I’ve lived these twelve years
	Without Mom,
I missed sharing my triumphs,
			My first book, This Tumbleweed Landed, self-published.
She never held a brand-new copy in her hands
	And sobbed with me 
		With my success
			With tears of joy!

I missed talking about the actual writing,
The book awards,
My journey
 	And her influence in many of them.

As I researched background for When Will Papa Get Home?,
	She would have enjoyed a visit to the Philly Place
		And reminiscing.
	Mom would have loved Maria and her whole family
		But cried at the prejudice and injustice
                     they endured.

Actually, she did read my first two books,
	Because I wrote them before she died.
She read everything I wrote,
	Flooding me with compliments 
and suggestions to change.

Mom helped me write my book, Let Me Tell You a Story,
	With Dad in 1992.
He dictated the stories to her and she wrote them
	Out long hand.
Then I typed them up—
	A family production.
So, she saw that book published
	For my dad’s 75th birthday.

Dad and Mom danced to Marshall Flippo
	So, she would have loved the stories
		Of our conversation.
If she would have read Just Another Square Dance Caller,
	They would have danced to many of Flippo’s caller friends.
	Her laughter would have rung out loud at the hilarious
		Stories and Flippo’s “Dirty joke.”

My grief memoir, Time to Grow Up, about her death and Dad’s,
	Would have overwhelmed Mom.
She was shy, unassuming,
	never wanting to be 
		On the center stage.
So that book would have been too much for her,
	But I can see her finishing it with a sigh
		And a comment, “Good job! You captured your pain!”

I am so glad she didn’t experience the coronavirus pandemic,
	Isolated alone in our home
		In a small ranching community.
Before she died, I called her daily,
	But I would have called her more often.
If she would have read my book, Coronavirus Reflections: Bitter or Better?
	She would have answered every question
		At the end of every chapter
			And thanked me for the comfort
				And challenge of the book.

With my book, Hair on Fire: A Heartwarming & Humorous Christmas Memoir, 
	Mom would have laughed out loud at the humor,
		And thanked me for the deep spiritual message
			I offered the reader.

My new book, Was It a Dream?: Navigating Life’s Journey Through Poetry,
	Would have thrilled her 
                with reading poetry about George Strait.	

And today, Mom would be saying, “
Where’s the next book? 
I’m ready for it!
	Come on, girl!”

I keep saying “would have,” but she walked beside me
	On every book,
		Sat next to me as I wrote every word.

As I’ve grown in my faith,
	I miss our deep spiritual talks
		Driving around the ranch.

Her laughter and sense of humor blessed any time
	We were together.

For twelve years or longer, I miss her cooking, 
her rattling around in the kitchen,
	knowing a delicious meal would be coming soon!

When someone owns a deep space
	In your heart,
Their absence leaves a hole.

I’ve spent twelve years 
	Healing
	Crying
	Writing
	Dancing
	Healing

But here I am, twelve years later,
	Missing my mom!
		Her smell
			Her laughter
				Her presence.

Do we ever get over the loss of mom?
Can You Ever Write Too Much About Our Your Mom?
	I can’t!

Finally,

Writing about all the “would haves” for my mom, once again has helped me deal with today. What’s your thoughts?

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Is My Truth Universal?: A Woman’s Poetic Odyssey e-book – FREE

Was It a Dream?: Navigating Life’s Journey Through Poetry e-book on sale for $.99

Hair on Fire: A Heartwarming & Humorous Christmas Memoir e-book on sale for $1.99

Buy My Audio Books:

This Tumbleweed Landed

Let Me Tell You a Story

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Why The Delay?

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Finally, you have choices here:

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1st Goal: Work on my second poetry book in a series of five and published it

2nd Goal: Revise my autofiction book on being an incest survivor and healing

3rd Goal: Continue with the Click Ad program for my Christmas book

4th Goal: Energize my back-list sales

5th Goal: Do an audiobook for my 1st book in my poetry series

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Monday – Another Tour Day of Boquete

Afterwards, on Monday

More on Monday: Then Down to the Lower Elevation

Tuesday – An Unforeseen Down Day

Wednesday – A Full Day in Boquete

That evening we had dinner with Ruth and John, our dance friends from the US. We ate at the Smurf restaurant—really a Peruvian restaurant. Its official name is Restaurante La Cueva Del Pitufo. It’s called the Smurf restaurant because for some reason, they have a Smurf on their sign! No clue!

Thursday – The Market & a Coffee Farm

Thursday – Finca Casanga

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1^st Goal: Work on my second poetry book in a series of five and published it

2^nd Goal: Revise my autofiction book on being an incest survivor and healing

3^rd Goal: Continue with the Click Ad program for my Christmas book

4^th Goal: Energize my back-list sales

5^th Goal: Do an audiobook for my 1st book in my poetry series

That evening we had dinner with Ruth and John, our dance friends from the US. We ate at the Smurf restaurant—really a Peruvian restaurant. Its official name is Re staurante La Cueva Del Pitufo. It’s called the Smurf restaurant because for some reason, they have a Smurf on their sign! No clue!