Celebrating Book Award Contest Judge Commentary
The 28th Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards judge’s commentary on my entry just arrived and I’m celebrating! The words that struck me most strongly…
3rd School Reading 2020 in Los Cabos
Colegio MissionSan José del Cabo I am impressed with the vision that created Colegio Mission Campus in San José del Cabo. The fluid design flows naturally to…
The Power of Story to Comfort Grief
Son Levi, left and sister Kizzie Marie in pink, right; Mom Kizzie in blue in back and Frank Billington IV in blue-striped shirt, right “But…
Levi Richard Jones (1973–1988)
Levi with his favorite Monster Truck “Death changes a relationship, but it need not end it.” —Lani Leary Ph.D. This year 2020,…
Families Belong Together
In October 2019 CBS News did this 50-minute documentary, “The Faces of Family Separation.” It is moving, listening to children and parents from separated families tell their…
We Remember: CW4 Larry K. Jones
CW4 Larry Jones 1949-1983 Over the years people have expressed concern about causing sadness if they mention the loss of a loved one. I assure…
Detour through Grief and Loss: Renewed Life Direction via Embracing Compassion for Others and Myself
Kizzie Jones episode of Detour to Where podcast with LaVon Hardison Kizzie Jones was a guest on LaVon Hardison’s podcast, Detour to Where, today. She…
Music for Survival
Larry Jones, my husband, and the father of my two children, died in a helicopter crash, July 1983. Larry was alive one day and gone…
Flags & Feelings, June 2020, Part 1
It’s Flag Day in the USA, and I remember watching the students at a Mexican primary school perform the weekly flag ceremony. Learning about their…
Special Book Event 2020 in Los Cabos: Part 2
My second presentation on Radio Diferente from San José Del Cabo Organic Market begins with my reading A Tall Tale About Dachshunds in Costumes. You will enjoy this…
