Have you ever felt as if your brain would burst from accumulated words? As a writer and blogger, I'm having that problem now. The last time I remember being in this situation was the day I started my Caring Lessons memoir. Sitting in a NC gazebo with my friend Marianna and a cat crossing our …
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Lois Hoitenga Roelofs’ Memoir Earns Well-deserved Honor: Marv Taking Charge: A Story of Bold Love and Courage Is a Chicago Writers Association Book …
On May 5, 2023, I wrote about Lois Hoitenga Roelofs’ wonderful memoir Marv Taking Charge. It’s the story of her husband, Marv, and his decision to … Lois Hoitenga Roelofs’ Memoir Earns Well-deserved Honor: Marv Taking Charge: A Story of Bold Love and Courage Is a Chicago Writers Association Book … Thank you for reposting, …
A Fitting Award
“Marv Taking Charge” is a finalist for Book of the Year in the Chicago Writers Association’s Indie Nonfiction category. A Fitting Award Thank you, Marianna!
Kirkus review / Marv Taking Charge
I'm still a bit laid up with fractures I sustained from a fall on 9/7, and I can't type easily with an arm cast on and two opposite fingers buddy-taped. But, as you can see in this photo, I'm ambulatory. And grateful for my daughter's full-service grocery-shopping assistance. And full-service help with every aspect of …
Are you ready…
To let God make a new life in you? This question was a recent challenge from my pastor at the end of a sermon. He always finishes his sermons with a challenge. So I always leave church with my head buzzing. Which is probably his intent. But the wording of this challenge has hit hard. …
Happy Fourth! Reminder: Podcast and Reviews
Getting ready to take a little break from book work. So here goes what I have to say first-- If you haven't listened to my podcast yet at Sharing the Heart of the Matter and would like to, here's the link. It's about a half hour long. Time to get the dishes done or the …
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“Sharing the Heart of the Matter” podcast on Marv Taking Charge
A few weeks ago I was pleasantly surprised to be contacted by podcasters Wynne Leon and Dr. Victoria Atkinson and asked if I would participate in their podcast. I believe they found me through my online presence, either this blog or a comment I'd made on another blog. Fast forward a few weeks and today …
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Marv Taking Charge is home again. Podcast coming tomorrow!
Marv Taking Charge and I have traveled another 500 miles and I'm ready to chill for awhile. That's 2400 miles since May 1. But what a fun time I had again, this time in Marv's hometown. My daughter here in Sioux Falls baked cookies for the group gathered at the First CRC Fellowship Hall in …
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Thanks, Victoria Lynn Smith, for this review of “Marv Taking Charge”!
You can find this review at Writing Near the Lake. Click below on "continue reading" to read here. http://writingnearthelake.org/2023/05/05/what-im-reading-this-week-marv-taking-charge-a-story-of-bold-love-and-courage-by-lois-hoitenga-roelofs/
Book Tour #1 in the Books
Home at last from a nearly 2,000 mile road trip to spread the news of Marv Taking Charge, my book about my husband's terminal cancer for which he refused treatment and chose quality of life over quantity. Read more about the book and how to order here. This trip was all I could wish for: …
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