If you have a child, I’m 99% sure you’ve experienced that blush of public embarrassment by
something they’ve done. Some are worse than others. I have stories that go back
thirty years, and have recently learned they aren’t over. How those kids of
ours can embarrass us.
Last week I had a day of running around to do, including
volunteering at the local library. When I left the house, my youngest (who is
now in his mid-twenties, but still loves to ‘get’ his mother) was all smiles as
I drove out of the driveway. First clue. I should have known. Instead, I
thought, he’s in a good mood today. I went through the bank, spent several
hours at the library, then drove twenty some miles to pick up my granddaughter
from her school. She was hungry so we drove through McDonalds, and then went to
the store to pick up Papa’s birthday present. That was the first time I walked
around the back side of my car.
Isabelle had already gotten out on her side and
she met me at the trunk, where I was standing, shaking my head, thinking of all
the places I’d been.
“What’s that?” she asked.
“Your Uncle Cody,” I answered, already dialing his number
as I popped trunk to dispose of the sign.
He answered laughing.
I said, “Student driver?”
He laughed harder.
I haven’t paid him back yet, but I will. I’m brainstorming.
Speaking of which, that is what I’m doing for my next story.
Brainstorming. Writing down little bits and pieces of scenes and the characters
coming to life in my head. I’m also putting the finishing touches on the UNDONE
due to Harlequin by Oct. 15th.
In this one, Garret McCoy places a bet he can get Rory Boyle onto the
dance floor, and discovers he’s in for more than he bargained for when she
finally says yes.
The e-book version of All a Cowboy Wants for Christmas will be released on Monday, and I want to say
thank you so very much to all of you who have pre-ordered it, and/or purchased
the paperback version. I so appreciate your
support and love your emails!
Next up will be Unclaimed Bride in mid-October and November 1st and
followed by A Solider for Christmas
the end of November.
Be good, be kind, and if you have a practical joke you think
would be a fitting response to my Student Driver incident, shoot me an email!
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