The Perfect Way To Kick Off NaBloPoMo

I feel like I know Sandy.

A real-life friend of my sister’s from her time in Minnesota, I know Sandy only through her words on the screen and from talking with my sister.

But Sandy and I have something in common, something that binds us no matter how tenuous our connections: we both lost our fathers, fathers who we loved very, very much.

Although she doesn’t blog much, when Sandy does write I feel as though we are sitting at her kitchen table drinking a hot mug of tea and swapping recipes and motherhood war stories. Her writing is wry, clear and honest, and it feels just like she’s sitting across from me.

That’s why I’m awarding her an October Perfect Post Award for her post, “A Fly Was Buzzing Around The Van This Morning.”, an essay that moved me and made me remember the small, thoughtful ways my own late father parented me.

Sandy is also a woman of tremendous fortitude who has shed more than 61 pounds and recently ran her first 5K race. I have been hounding her to guest post here, to tell me how she managed to lose all that weight and still care for her family without also losing her mind.

She’s hedging; so please, when you go read her terrific post, tell her you want to see her face here at CAC soon.

Thanks, Sandy, for being out there.

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