Brenda’s Blog
2025 has been an amazing year for me and my book, MAYA BLUE A MEMOIR OF SURVIVAL. I’m excited to say MAYA BLUE was nominated for the prestigious 2025 Kirkus Prize. It was chosen as one of Maria Shriver’s 2025 Best Summer Reads, received the 2025 Readers’ Favorite Bronze Award, and was named one of
I’ve been chased out of two stores—on two different continents—by store owners, wielding meat cleavers. The first time was in
We all need competent, compassionate doctors who listen and then give us thoughtful answers and next steps. Most doctors are
Fear dictates our feelings about a great many things, especially death and dying. Death is something we try to outrun
Over margaritas and quesadillas my girlfriends and I reflected on some of the difficult times in our lives. Referring to
Instead of taking advantage of the holiday sales, I spent my “Christmas money” on a trip to the cardiologist for
Don’t hold me to this, but I’m thinking about signing up with one of those online dating sites. From time
Do you remember the television commercial, “Cotton… The fabric of our lives?” Sometimes I think the real thread running through
Annie and Lulu are growing into fine young ladies, especially after I sent them to finishing school while I was
Before Thanksgiving a girlfriend’s significant other (SO) had a devastating stroke. He’s been in ICU for much of that time
The other night I reread the beginning of Keith Richards’s autobiography, Life. Keith grew up listening to everything from Mozart
This time last year I took you on a video tour of the house I bought. That was the “Before.”
If you’ve read Doreen McGettigan’s blogs on 1010ParkPlace then you know her life hasn’t been easy. She was sexually abused