Passages in the Real World

<p><strong>The Changes That Redefine Us All</strong></p><p><br></p><p>An Impossible Task Filled with Love</p><p>Transitions Revealing More Than We Expect</p><p>When Family Secrets Turn Poisonous</p><p>On Certain Days the Hurt Feels Brand New</p><p>A Truth Too Hard to Face</p><p>Sometimes Everybody Needs Recovery</p><p><br></p><p>All the years of life bring change. Beginnings and endings. Differences we welcome or dread. Many unavoidable no matter how bitter or sweet.</p><p>Every one bringing an in-between time that sometimes feels endless. And sometimes passes in a flash.</p><p>Join storyteller Kari Kilgore as she explores the passages a lifetime brings.</p><p><br></p><p>Includes <em>On Choosing the Perfect Peach Dress</em> <em>The Worry Trap</em> <em>An Overdue Truce</em> <em>At the Heart of It All</em> <em>What Breaks a Man</em> and <em>Traditions Worth Keeping</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>A choice too big for a broken heart</strong></p><p>The reality of the loss of one of the most important people in his life clenched up Michael's chest and made his throat ache.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Revisiting childhood and so much more...</strong></p><p>Hang on Mom Marlene said leaving her memories with her footprints and catching up. That last step is tricky.</p><p>I guess I know how to go into my own house Marlene. Even if I don't live here anymore.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Digging Out the Toxins of the Past</strong></p><p>Sean had quietly wondered why his mother didn't get the house or any kind of spousal support that anyone knew of.</p><p>Sean figured then and now he just didn't understand.</p><p>Brad figured their father had weaseled out of it.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>The Day All Her Best Defenses Fail</strong></p><p>Even if she spent October in a technology and communication void she'd know.</p><p>Some part of Sara knew exactly what day it was.</p><p>Every single year.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>How many last chances does one man deserve?</strong></p><p>The last time Reggie heard Scotty's voice was the day he'd left home a few months short of high school graduation. A last grand screaming match and his son disappeared from his house and his life.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Learning to Trust Again Especially Herself</strong></p><p>The next breaker rolling in on Lucy's rising guilt tide was how many huge liquor stores were probably still open and perfectly willing to take her little brother's money.</p><p>And his fragile new sobriety right along with it.</p>