Passages in the Real World: Six Stories of Life's Transitions

The Changes That Redefine Us AllAn Impossible Task Filled with LoveTransitions Revealing More Than We ExpectWhen Family Secrets Turn PoisonousOn Certain Days the Hurt Feels Brand NewA Truth Too Hard to FaceSometimes Everybody Needs RecoveryAll the years of life bring change. Beginnings and endings. Differences we welcome or dread. Many unavoidable no matter how bitter or sweet.Every one bringing an in-between time that sometimes feels endless. And sometimes passes in a flash.Join storyteller Kari Kilgore as she explores the passages a lifetime brings.Includes On Choosing the Perfect Peach Dress The Worry Trap An Overdue Truce At the Heart of It All What Breaks a Man and Traditions Worth KeepingA choice too big for a broken heartThe reality of the loss of one of the most important people in his life clenched up Michaels chest and made his throat ache.Revisiting childhood and so much more...Hang on Mom Marlene said leaving her memories with her footprints and catching up. That last step is tricky.I guess I know how to go into my own house Marlene. Even if I dont live here anymore.Digging Out the Toxins of the PastSean had quietly wondered why his mother didnt get the house or any kind of spousal support that anyone knew of.Sean figured then and now he just didnt understand.Brad figured their father had weaseled out of it.The Day All Her Best Defenses FailEven if she spent October in a technology and communication void shed know.Some part of Sara knew exactly what day it was.Every single year.How many last chances does one man deserve?The last time Reggie heard Scottys voice was the day hed 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.Learning to Trust Again Especially HerselfThe next breaker rolling in on Lucys rising guilt tide was how many huge liquor stores were probably still open and perfectly willing to take her little brothers money.And his fragile new sobriety right along with it.