Friendship

Today has been awesome so far.....got to have breakfast with my highschool friends.....then went to a book reading with them.
My friend Katie is in town for a book reading.......She wrote a memoir about finding her birthmother. She is pictured above with her birthmother.
I hope you enjoy the quote below.
Namaste,
Michele


Kate's book link

‎"When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusio...n, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the [perceived] reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares."
— Henri J.M. Nouwen (The Road to Daybreak: A Spiritual Journey)

Friendship

More reunions today......Katie and Chris were in town. Katie is doing more book signings and is onto her second edition of her book.
Here is a link to her lastest readings this week in the area:
http://www.katevogl.com/katevogl.com/Appearances.html

I hope you enjoy the quotes below....I feel blessed to have so many great people in my life!!!
Namaste,
Michele

“The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to sharpen.”
— Eden Phillpotts


I align myself with people who support my growth.
If you meet someone whose soul is not aligned with yours,
send them love and move along.
-Wayne Dyer

Lost and Found

Pictures by the amazing photographer, Matt Platz


above are pictures from my friend, Kate's book signing last week.
She is an amazing person!!!!!
Enjoy the words below.
Love,
Michele



when you look into a mirror and realize that you are looking into the eyes of god enjoy the goosebumps Lonnie lockett Thoughts Across the Light Fence

Lost and Found

This is a book that my dear friend, Kate, wrote.......(which I get to play a supporting role in!!)
please read below and come to the book signing or buy a book online!!!
Namaste,
Michele



Please join Kate St. Vincent Vogl for her first book signing on Friday, April 24th at 7:30 pm at the Borders in Medina, Ohio.

Kate will be will be doing a chat / signing / Q & A session / reading from her book, 'lost and found' ..a memoir of mothers.

Her birthmother, Val, will be there, too.
Kate has received recognition in international competition for her writing.
Come see what Lorian Hemingway considers "a beautiful find."

You can read more about the memoir and purchase the book on the site below.
http://www.katevogl.com/katevogl.com/Memoir.html

Merry Christmas!!!

Above is a very special friend of mine, Kate Vogl and her beautiful family.
She has been my friend since junior high.
Below is the note that she sent out in her Christmas card.....it really touched me....
hope you enjoy it too.
love,
Michele

Things We Should Know By Now:

Jim: The closer you get to your MBA graduation date, the farther away it seems.
Especially when you take Finance the semester before you graduate.

Kate: It's the string of lights at the top of the tree that'll go out. and no, they haven't invented cordless Christmas tree lights yet.

Jen (in eighth grade and all that): If Mom didn't figure out hearsay in law school, she's not going to be much help for Mock Trial.

Julia (in sixth grad and lovin' being able to rule the -elementary-school):
So I've weighed my presents on a scale and checked a website to guess what everything is,
and I still can't figure out what I'm getting!

Happy (Kitty): Do you know where all the birds at the feeder go when that nice lady lets me out the door?

Looking forward to 2008! My first short story "The Accessory" appears in Blue Earth Review's Spring 2008 issue.
And I start teaching at the Loft Literary Center in January.
check out my course at www.loft.org

What dreams are made of!!!

Below is a note from my dear friend Katie......or Kate as she goes by now.

Katie has been my friend since the 7th grade.

I would like to ask YOU to help her make her dream come true.

She is an excellent writer as you will see if you review her chapter online.

This is an amazing read!!!! The link to the chapter and the summary of the plot is below.

I just posted a comment and gave her a rating ....can you do that too???

You vote for her by clicking on a rating below her chapter!!!!!

Thanks for your help!!!!- Michele

Here is the letter from Katie:

I am trying out for American Idol!!!

Okay, if you’ve heard me sing you know this cannot be true. There is, however, an American Idol of sorts for writers, which as you know has been a dream of mine for years. Yes, it’s a bit cheesy. No, it’s not how Hemingway got started. But here I am. Check out http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976933506 and their First Chapters Contest. The name of my book is Days of May. Take a look at it and see what you think. If you like it, please give me a fair rating. Or even a comment.

Of course I can tell you a bit about it, so you know whether you might be interested in checking it out:

It’s about a woman so desperate to find her runaway daughter she might sacrifice all that is dear to her —just so she won’t lose control as she had in the past, when the man she thought she’d marry was killed at Kent State. It brings the past and the present together in a way that I hope is meaningful for all, especially as we face questions today about the similarities between Vietnam and the War in Iraq. More than that, though, it’s a story of the ties between mother and daughter, parent and child—how some struggle for a parent’s love, how others feel strangled by it. Hope it resonates for you. Let me know.

I know you are all very very busy so I truly appreciate you taking the time. It is posted only for 2 weeks so don’t procrastinate like I usually do;-)

Thanks, and wish me luck!

P.S. If you are so moved, please tell friends and colleagues who you think might like it, too.