Unfortunate circumstances occurred and my book didn’t quite make it from the printer in time for a speaking engagement I had to do. Well, my book is ‘Sparks’ and is about the good ol’ days of growing up in the 40’s and 50’s. It covers people who remember that time but gives wisdom and information for the younger generations of how things were back then and how much better our world was than what is going on today. It shows suggestions of how to gain self esteem and feel self worth with a life feeling worth living. There are funny stories and even a little advice or two thrown in. Even the youngest generation will see that they don’t have to allow being bullied or name calling keep them from becoming something worth while and how to overcome much in life.
So here I was with a dilemma. I learned at a young age how to make “lemonade from lemons”, so to speak. I made a sign “Author without a book” which in itself got a laugh or two. I explained “the perils of Pauline” situations I seem to go through in life and I had a proof copy book to show what ithe book would look like. The book deals with ‘the good ol’ days and the people I was speaking to were from then. Because I am ‘old’ I have a lot of ‘old’ stuff in my house. I gathered up a wagon full and presented them in a display on a table. They were things everyone recognized. That is except for a worker there was was so funny. He kept saying…”What IS that?” He was so interested he put his name down to get a book when they come in.There was a candlestick telephone which he hadn’t a clue. He did recognize a few things he had even played with as a kid but was amazed it came from ‘our time’.
I started off with the small group blowing bubbles. Then I tested their memories with thinking back to various topics and they were thrilled to remember those things again. We laughed and reminisced and I even got them to play a couple games. Drop the clothespins in the bottle and then one they had never heard of before with cotton balls, a spoon and a bowl and blindfold. It’s actually described in the book. They all had a great me and left with smiles and memories to take with them. One man even came up to get a hug from me. Ya, know, sometimes maybe…just maybe, things happen for a purpose. Maybe, just maybe I wasn’t supposed to have the book yet when I spoke. It was a great ime even for me
So here I was with a dilemma. I learned at a young age how to make “lemonade from lemons”, so to speak. I made a sign “Author without a book” which in itself got a laugh or two. I explained “the perils of Pauline” situations I seem to go through in life and I had a proof copy book to show what ithe book would look like. The book deals with ‘the good ol’ days and the people I was speaking to were from then. Because I am ‘old’ I have a lot of ‘old’ stuff in my house. I gathered up a wagon full and presented them in a display on a table. They were things everyone recognized. That is except for a worker there was was so funny. He kept saying…”What IS that?” He was so interested he put his name down to get a book when they come in.There was a candlestick telephone which he hadn’t a clue. He did recognize a few things he had even played with as a kid but was amazed it came from ‘our time’.
I started off with the small group blowing bubbles. Then I tested their memories with thinking back to various topics and they were thrilled to remember those things again. We laughed and reminisced and I even got them to play a couple games. Drop the clothespins in the bottle and then one they had never heard of before with cotton balls, a spoon and a bowl and blindfold. It’s actually described in the book. They all had a great me and left with smiles and memories to take with them. One man even came up to get a hug from me. Ya, know, sometimes maybe…just maybe, things happen for a purpose. Maybe, just maybe I wasn’t supposed to have the book yet when I spoke. It was a great ime even for me
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