There's a fine line between reliance and independence, tending and mothering, and love and obligation.

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About the Author

Warm cups of coffee, good books, and long runs outside. If I had my way, our days would be filled with nothing but joy. But life usually throws us a few things we’re not quite expecting. And then? It’s how we react that makes the difference . . .

About The Weight We Carry

Helping her parents navigate yet another health crisis, Marissa feels overwhelmed about the unwanted responsibility. But when she takes time to listen and observe, she recognizes that not everything is as it seems for her parents' health. Will they be able to accept what's to come once a diagnosis is made?

What's the best way to tell the man
you used to love that you want to be free
to love someone else?

Creating Experiences for Readers: An Interview with Andrea J. Stein

November 4, 2024

Author Andrea J. Stein has a lot to celebrate this fall! Her second novel, Dear Eliza, launched in October, and I’m certain her many fans were eagerly awaiting its release. Those fans loved her first novel, Typecast, citing…

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Twenty: Make a Difference

November 1, 2024

Dear Aaron, Late in the day on October 30, 2004, labor pains for your impending birth began. That evening, which was beggar’s night in Kettering, I sat on the front stoop, clutching my tightening belly as I passed…

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Quick Tip: Hold a Hand

October 29, 2024

My mother went nonverbal pretty early in her Alzheimer’s journey, which meant much of the time I was with her, I either held a conversation with myself or said nothing. Sometimes we’d walk down the hallway, hand in…

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