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"From the author of I Wanted to Grow Old With You and A Widow's Words comes a new collection of empowering poems and essays focused on life, love, and gaining wisdom and self-confidence as we age. My Story is a compelling memoir composed of more than one hundred poems and essays that explore the author's life, inner conflict, and eventual journey to self-acceptance. This often poignant and frequently humorous collection explores personal issues that plagued the author in her childhood and teens and how the birth of her son was the catalyst that pushed her to triumph over anxiety, self-sabotage, and negative self-image, and ultimately led her to discover her love of creative writing. The memoir touches on profound themes including generational trauma, anxiety, and widowhood, but also captures the joys of motherhood, the delights of love and marriage, valuable life lessons, and overcoming our inner critic to achieve body positivity and self-love. Seniors will especially appreciate the poems devoted to the unpredictability of dating over sixty, the joys of grandparenting, and coming to terms with aging. Beautifully written, My Story is an honest personal account of one woman's life journey that will resonate with anyone who has battled lifetime insecurities to achieve personal growth, self-acceptance, and inner peace. A perfect gift for: Poetry lovers Women and men of all ages Seniors coming to terms with aging Anyone in search of positive and empowering books Gift-givers in search of unique presents -------------------- LOST IN TRANSLATION If love languages are a real thing Then my father and I Were from different countries He was from the land of You have a roof over your head And food on the table And want for nothing While I work overtime to pay for it On my one day off, I cut the lawn Before cooking the Sunday dinner And when you're older, and your son has no dad, I'll fill that role, too But I was from a different land Starved for affirmation Aware of every criticism Longing for words he rarely said I needed to hear ""I love you"" And now, I understand That's exactly what he was saying DNA I view the whole picture Chance and fate The ancestors who met While living their own journeys Some desired a new land Channeled the wind in their sails In pursuit of better lives Seeking fortunes unknown English Scottish German French Canadian Irish American That all of them collided and became the great constellation of my ancestry Seems miraculous We are all the product of a million split- second decisions by Hundreds of forebears Those lucky survivors of storms wars famines and plagues We are the result of centuries of love stories Suddenly, I feel uniquely meant to be -------------------- Katherine Billings Palmer is an author, poet, essayist, and retired technical writer from Garden City, Michigan. Her essays have won numerous writing awards and she's been published in Westland Writes and the Bear River Review. Following her husband's death, she published two books about her struggles to cope with grief: I Wanted to Grow Old With You and A Widow's Words. Katherine is a guest blogger for the Hope for Widows Foundation and writes about her grief journey at www.TheWritingWidow.com. Her biography and blog can be found at www.TheWritingWoman.com. She also posts and reads her poetry on Tiktok @thewritingwoman."

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