Leaving The Door Open

Non-Fiction Stories…Follow Who You Are

  • The Spirit of a Library

    The Spirit of a Library

    Herman Wouk. Ken Follett. David Baldacci. Barack Obama. What do these authors have in common? They all kept my mother company at one time or another. Books were her passion (or at least one of them) for as long as I can remember. When I…

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  • Car Trouble

    Awful. That’s how we feel. We’ve had an issue lurking in the background for a while now and it seems like we can’t prolong it…

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  • Family History Cliff Notes

    My mother Ginny lives in a rented two bedroom condominium near Clearwater, Florida. She moved there in 2000 from the Cleveland area so she could…

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  • Prologue

    Her debilitating vertigo has returned. Although she has visited the Balance Institute twice to relieve the dizziness, it isn’t working as well this time. I…

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