Words from the Heart

 (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Today, May 22, I participated in an interfaith memorial service held on the town commons in Gre enfield, MA.  I have attended many memorial services , but this was the fir st time I had attended and participated in a service for those who had died homeless. Reading a prayer for those who died homeless The Interfaith Council of Franklin County (ICFC) , of which I am a member, h as held this service in May for close to 15 years.  Each year, we pray will be the last.  N ation wide, the observ ance is hel d on the win ter solstice . But, for those of us in ICFC, the observance is in the spring . These are the words I wrote and read at the service. I ask that as you read them, you hold the the memory of the homeless - men, women and children - in your heart. We gather here today to remember - Remember those who have no homes - Remember those who have found no comfort - Remember those turned away -...

Thanks to Linda for letting me visit today. Since her blog is about the good things in life, I thought I’d talk a little bit about love stories.    I’m not a true romance author. I write suspense and thrillers, but I love to have a good romance in the book as well, even if it comes second to the main plot. In my debut novel, INTO THE DARK, my heroine Emilie hasn’t had a bit of luck in the romance department, and she’s not looking to change that. But when she’s held hostage and ultimately stalked, she winds up falling for the hostage negotiator who helped to save her. Of course Nathan has his own issues, and because their budding romance is driven by the main plot, the love story develops on a slow burn.   And I wouldn’t have it any other way, because the best part about falling in love is the dance in the beginning. Don’t get me wrong–I’ve been happily married over 13 years and we still have an amazing time together–but I have a lot of special memori...