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Dear Reader,
I really appreciate it when you share your stories with me. Thank you so much. If I use your email in my column in the upcoming week, send me your shipping address, and as a thank you, I'll send you a free book.
"Hi, Suzanne,
I've been mulling over last Monday's column about the woman and the umbrella. Thank you for sparking me to remember one of the most important lessons I've ever learned--that is, to listen to the spoken words and then listen beyond what is actually said, to what the person's heart is saying.
When my dad died after a very long illness, my mother asked if I thought she should get a manicure before the funeral. Now, understand, she had probably never gotten a professional manicure in her life, and is not someone who dresses up much. So I replied that I didn't think it was something she had to worry about, since she had so many other things to do just then. Her crestfallen expression let me know that I had blown it. I realized she was looking for my approval to do something that would make her feel pretty, feminine and pampered--all things that she had simply not had time, or energy for, in years while she had lovingly cared for Daddy. The next morning over breakfast, I asked her what I could do to give her enough time to go and get a manicure before the visitation. She lit up! After assigning me a few tasks, she headed off to have her nails done. Believe me, she glowed when she returned, and she's had her nails done on a regular basis ever since. I'm so grateful that she does this small thing that makes her feel so good."
--Devon M.
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Thanks for writing, and thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
Warm regards,
Suzanne Beecher
Suzanne@DearReader.com
*** AUTHORBUZZ *** DON'T TELL HER TO RELAX (NonFiction) by Zahie El Kouri
Despite the fact that so many women struggle to have a child, most of them feel alone, in part because those closest to them don't know what to say or how to say it. This book will tell you both what to say and do, and what not to say and do, while your Infertile Loved One is struggling to build her family.
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