Florida, A Love Story

 

Yesterday, when I was walking out the door to go to church, my son called to tell me my book, Florida, A Love Story, had just appeared on Amazon.  I wasn't expecting this.  My publisher told me it would be between two and six weeks.  

When I got to church I saw my friend, Lou, sitting in the courtyard.  I sat down beside him and we talked about the book.  A couple of years ago I had given Lou a copy of my manuscript to check out because he's been a docent at the Florida History Center for many years.  He assured me that the history was right.  Yesterday he reminded me that he loved the book.  

And he read it before my editor chopped it up and pasted it back together into a much more readable fashion.  While all the words are mine, many folks have added seasoning to this stew of Florida history and adventure.  

 I have not seen a hard copy.  I ordered mine from Amazon yesterday.  I hope you'll do the same.  It will be in Barnes and Noble soon. 

What's it about?  To me, it's about broken and suffering people being healed.  I hope you'll read it and tell me what you think.  The bottom line is this.  I love the book.  I hope you will love it too. 

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Adapting to Change

I've had a pretty remarkable life in a remarkable time in history.  So have most of you.

In the 1970s and 1980's mangers began hiring me as a consultant to help them with their "secretary" problems.   This was back when all the men had offices with windows and all the women worked in a "pool." The problem was that these women were quiting their jobs at an alarming rate.  Why?  Because these big boxes where coming in filled with somting called "computers" to replace their dependable, familiar typewriters. It was my job to help these women understand we were moving into a brave new world, a time that would be called the "Information Age."  And that we must adapt.  I found this exciting but I didn't comprehend how drastically our lives would change.

We don't like change but it's happening all around us, every day.  Our life spans have grown longer so even that is relatively new.    

Yesterday I did the first posting on a brand new blog.  It's titled My Meniere's and, in 12 short (one page) chapters, it chronicles my journey with Meniere's Disease.  The reason for this is because I keep running into people who have no idea what this illness is about.  The blog is not about my suffering.  It's about an illness that is rare and strange and hard for us to find the answers we need .
 

My life is blessed beyond measure - but this illness has changed the way I live it. I hope this new blog will help someone you may know who is suffering with Meniere's Disease or vertigo. 

I sent the first chapter out yesterday.  I will send the second tomorrow.  

Google “Cecily Crossman Blog”

 

Click on “User Profile: cecily crossman – Blogger.com”

 

https://www.blogger.com/profile/09159023677029019245

Shows profile and links to both blogs

 

This is the link to My Meniere’s:

https://cecilycrossman.blogspot.com

 

 

Direct link to My Best Time:

http://mybesttime-mybesttime.blogspot.com

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