As a retired elementary teacher, life coach, and public speaker, I took a page from my plan book and started writing the Miller Place stories from my childhood. Thinking of Miller Place: A Memoir of Summer Comfort, emerged from researching memoir, joining and starting writing groups, first drafts, rewriting, revising, workshops, sharing chapters, and publishing.

I’ve been having a love affair for years—with powerful, inspiring, seductive, alluring, delicious words!

The book was launched in January 2008! Now my life is happily immersed in sharing it and my writing adventures with readers, teachers, twins, families—in other words, anyone who appreciates a good read.

When readers began to ask, “How can I start writing down my family stories?” “How do I turn them into a memoir?” I was only too happy to add writing seminar tips to book talks. I feel fortunate to be able to combine my personal experiences with that of being in the education field and teaching over 15 sets of twins in my 28 years in education, as well as conducting family genogram workshops to demystify family secrets and expectations.

Writing a memoir can affirm the idea of approaching family in a different way—one that includes acceptance and celebration.

Whether you are navigating the site as a reader, writer, or lover of words — Welcome, enjoy, let me know about your story.