Labor Day, Back To School, and A Deal

There are a few reasons that I love celebrating Labor Day. The first is that our family had a big barbeque every year at our house. I always get nostalgic for my family on Labor Day because that generation is now gone. My grandparents and great-aunts and -uncles always had a fun time together sharing jokes, talking and listening. This was also the time of year that Aunt Catherine, who was in her early eighties, would have her annual glass of wine. Imagine a petite elderly lady giggling like a school girl and just being silly with us kids. Those family parties gave me a respect of my elders and showed me that all people have amazing life stories that I could never imagine.

Having that respect allowed me to have great friendships with my grandmothers until their deaths and allowed me to see my co-worker Ruth, who was forty years older than me, as a person instead of ‘an old lady’. Those memories shaped the storyline where Sheila gets the help she needs from her elderly neighbor, Ruth, because Ruth had a life that most people in this generation can’t imagine so they ignore this generation. I think those people are missing a valuable resource to learn about life. I'm sure glad that I didn't miss it and I wanted to share that lesson with others through my novel.

Another reason for me to celebrate Labor Day Weekend is that FINDING OUT was a labor of love for me which was years in the making. I realized that in order to teach my daughters to live their dreams, I had to live mine. So after a few years of starts and stops, I made a commitment to finish my novel. For the past four years, I used all my spare time to write, edit, and research WWII. It was fun and exhausting because I was working full time but I did it. To share my hard work with everyone else who works hard, I am offering FINDING OUT on Amazon Kindle for $.99 this weekend. Now everyone, on any budget, can enjoy the good feelings that readers say this book gives them. Feel free to share this deal with your friends, family or book club. You can click here to take advantage of this deal.

Another reason for me to celebrate this weekend is that my kids (who I love dearly) are back to school and, let's face it, that's just such a relief for a working Mom. To celebrate Back to School I participated in two guest blogs and giveaways. In one blog, I share my best first day of school (and my Kindergarten picture) at Crazy For Books. In the second blog, I wrote about my worst first day of school going into the fourth grade at Lori's Reading Corner. Please check them out and feel free to share your best or worst day of school in a comment section here. I’ll repost some of the comments on my Facebook Fan Page at www.facebook.com/sherynmacmunn.

So now I'm off to create some memories with my family this weekend so my children one day can look back fondly on their childhood and make their lives a dream come true.

Happy Labor Day.