In March 2020, when the country started to shut down and my trip to a writer’s conference in Tucson was canceled, I thought at least I had my writing.

When I told family members I was working on Don’t Leave Yet, a few asked, “Why relive the emotional trauma of your mother’s Alzheimer’s? Why revisit the past?”

I recently attended a master class for piano. Although I’m not a musician, I was fascinated by the weaving of melody that the young students were practicing.

The writing process is a solitary endeavor. Sometimes it’s a struggle just to carve out a block of time in our busy schedules, but we do it.

On May 9th, I launched Don’t Leave Yet at Ravenswood Historic Site in Livermore.

I can hardly believe this day has arrived! For the past ten years, I have either been writing or promoting my memoir.