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’m frustrated. It’s a wonder I’m not on the floor in the corner of a room somewhere, babbling to myself.
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If I were to write a back-to-school paper about how I spent my summer vacation, it would chronicle my relentless
With over 24,000 followers on Instagram, Beth Djalali, the style blogger behind the popular Style at a Certain Age and
Before her three-month-old daughter, Greta, was diagnosed with a rare cancer, Maggie used to turn away from stories about children
Two weeks ago I had an epiphany. A BIG one. Driving home from dinner with my girlfriends in San Antonio,
This is going to sound a bit odd, but I’ve had a longterm crush on an inanimate object. I don’t
When most of us think of the word “patina,” we think of the way time has caressed a building or
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I’ve progressed through the grieving phase and have moved from devastated to angry! I’ve been waiting for almost a year
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This week KatherinesCorner.com, a popular site that gives bloggers an opportunity to network with one another, asked me to share
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