The
event on Not Your Mothers Book… On Family and On Being a Mom…
was cool, but also on this mid-July evening in St. Louis the weather was cool - as 20 local contributors (Candace Carabus, Cathi R. Lamarche, Donna Volkenannt,
Ellie Grossman, Jenny Beatrice, Laura Graf, Marcia Gaye, Mary Horner, PatriciaWahler, Renee Hughes, Sioux Roslawski, T'Mara Goodsell, Sheree Nielsen, Jamie Krakover, Laura Ray, Verna Simms, Melissa Fuoss, Victoria Nichols and myself) to the Not Your Mother
Book series (On Family and On Being a Mom) gathered with co-editors, also local
St. Louisan’s – Linda O’Connell (On Family) and Dianna Graveman (On Being a
Mom).
Dianna and Linda
The
book launch/signing/reading took place (7/15) at STL Books in Kirkwood, where
owner, Robin Theiss talked about her store—a huge supporter of St. Louis
writers and anything St. Louis, along with used, new and rare books. She
introduced John Heithaus from Family Resource Center. Ten percent of all sales
that evening were donated to Family Resource Center, an organization for abused
and neglected children.
In
addition to the local contributors, there were other local writers giving their
support (Kim Lehnhoff, Teri Sanders, Lou Turner to name a few). I was happy to
see my friend, Nancy. Her son recently opened a pharmacy in Kirkwood. My sister
Sue and my two daughters, Jessica and Rita dropped in. I have such a good
supportive family… as my cousin, Linda also stopped by.
Turns
out, my sister Sue went to grade school with John (Family Resource Center) and
after speaking with him, I realized he taught a PSR class one summer that my
BFF and I attended. Small world.
That
world got smaller when I realized Linda’s sister, Janice, used to work with
Donna (contributor). Donna is also a great aunt to my daughter Rita’s
boyfriend. Just goes to show, everyone seems to have some sort of connection
with someone.
Linda,
Dianna and Robin (along with other ‘behind the scene’ helpers) outdid
themselves with tons of treats to eat and drink, and attendance prizes. Funny
stories were shared and the event was a big success.
Be
sure to stop in at STL Books anytime you’re in Kirkwood. If you have some spare
change you’d like to donate, I’m sure Family Resource Center would love it if
you helped their worthy cause.
Thanks
Everyone!
Here I am in the middle of my two daughters (Left: Rita, Right: Jessica)
What a beautiful trio you make! And look at you, Lynnie, you're such a tiny little thing! You're fortunate to be in the hotbed of Author Activity up there -- y'all always have some fun thing or other going on. So happy that you had a great turnout, too! I sure hope to get up there one of these days.
ReplyDeleteLynn--Lisa is right. You three (you and your two gorgeous daughters) make up a cute trio. It's great to be in the same book as you.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful daughters!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to visit this bookstore sometime. Looks like everyone was having a good time!
Small world, big turn-out! Glad the event was such a success! Love the pictures.
ReplyDeleteThank you Lynn for this wonderful recap and for your support.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Beautiful! All three of you!
ReplyDeleteIt was a wonderful evening, Lynn, and it was so great seeing you again. Thanks so much for the fabulous write-up -- I love all the ties and connections! And your girls are absolutely gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteFun event and great to see you, Lynn!
ReplyDeletePat
Critter Alley
Hi Lynn! Glad that you guys had fun and raised money for a great cause. I've been missing you lots. I am so excited because I have given notice at work, and hopefully Cary and I will be hitting the road soon and I will get back to blogging.
ReplyDeleteLove ya,
Kathy M.
Great event, wasn't it? Your post really captured it beautifully!
ReplyDeleteYou captured the event perfectly. It was so much fun, and your daughters are lovely--just like their mom!
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