Category Archives: overcoming

Sylvia Acevedo’s Inspirational Path to the Stars Memoir

Posted on September 9, 2018 by moonbridgebooks

Rocket scientist and Girl Scout CEO Sylvia Acevedo was at our St. Louis County Library today inspiring an audience full of girls to reach for the stars, aided by skills learned in scouting. Her memoir, Path to the Stars: My … Continue reading →

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Ebenezer Scrooge and the ghosts of your past

Posted on December 3, 2017 by moonbridgebooks

Ebenezer Scrooge and A Christmas Carol was the subject of our Sunday morning sermon at church. Or rather, confronting the ghosts of your past to put behind your brokenness and narrate a new future. Writing family history and memoir can … Continue reading →

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World Alzheimer’s Month: writing memoir to help others

Posted on October 1, 2017 by moonbridgebooks

During September, World Alzheimer’s Month, I read Barbra Cohn’s memoir/self-help book, Calmer Waters: The Caregiver’s Journey Through Alzheimer’s and Dementia. Barbra cared for her husband who had early-onset Alzheimer’s and wrote the story of their journey as part of a … Continue reading →

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