Category Archives: overcoming

Memoir: Writing the past imperfect

Posted on July 7, 2019 by moonbridgebooks

Is your past perfect? Of course not, and that just means you’ve had a life. That’s the stuff some really good memoirs are made of. Even if we don’t have big stories of past troubles, we are not perfect, and … Continue reading →

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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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