Olivia Petersen is the new 30 Something of 50 Something!
So many of we women in our fifties still feel young. We identify with our kids, enjoy music look relatively young for our age and still have a lot of life left in us. We are thirty something living in bodies of fifty something!
When I wrote Out of the Box Awakening, I set out to create and develop a character who has devoted her life to her husband and kids, but she as a person was lost in translation. I know that there are a lot of ladies out there who are wives, mothers and partners that have got to relate to this situation. We have feelings and needs, but have had to suppress them or put them on the back burner for the sake of more pressing things :(
I can't tell you how many times I felt like telling my family "Hey! Time out....what about me?" We women go to restaurants where we don't want to eat, we do things we don't really want to do, we forgo having sister time with our girlfriends - all for the sake of our family. And after time, we disconnect and find ourselves lost and searching for the very essence of what we really are. How many times do our families say "What do YOU want to do tonight?"
Olivia Petersen has lived her life just like that. She is a beautiful, youthful woman who thinks she is happy. Superficially she is, but she has lost the nucleus of her being. Only after she is forced to move to Illinois because of her husband's job does she realize that her life up to this point has been less than fulfilling. Her kids are her life and she loves them beyond words, but her relationship with her husband of 30 years is on the decline. Not knowing what to do, she is forced to face her feelings and fears.
In future blogs, I will introduce you to characters in the book I've developed - all of who play an integral part on the road to Olivia's awakening. Awakening to discovering things and feelings she has never felt. These characters help her stand up and stand strong. Some of them are very colorful, but I've attempted to bring out the fact that in spite of the rough and crude exterior, every person has a very personal and vulnerable side and I hope I've portrayed that in the book.
I welcome you to come on this journey with me and invite your comments - in fact I need them!
When I wrote Out of the Box Awakening, I set out to create and develop a character who has devoted her life to her husband and kids, but she as a person was lost in translation. I know that there are a lot of ladies out there who are wives, mothers and partners that have got to relate to this situation. We have feelings and needs, but have had to suppress them or put them on the back burner for the sake of more pressing things :(
I can't tell you how many times I felt like telling my family "Hey! Time out....what about me?" We women go to restaurants where we don't want to eat, we do things we don't really want to do, we forgo having sister time with our girlfriends - all for the sake of our family. And after time, we disconnect and find ourselves lost and searching for the very essence of what we really are. How many times do our families say "What do YOU want to do tonight?"
Olivia Petersen has lived her life just like that. She is a beautiful, youthful woman who thinks she is happy. Superficially she is, but she has lost the nucleus of her being. Only after she is forced to move to Illinois because of her husband's job does she realize that her life up to this point has been less than fulfilling. Her kids are her life and she loves them beyond words, but her relationship with her husband of 30 years is on the decline. Not knowing what to do, she is forced to face her feelings and fears.
In future blogs, I will introduce you to characters in the book I've developed - all of who play an integral part on the road to Olivia's awakening. Awakening to discovering things and feelings she has never felt. These characters help her stand up and stand strong. Some of them are very colorful, but I've attempted to bring out the fact that in spite of the rough and crude exterior, every person has a very personal and vulnerable side and I hope I've portrayed that in the book.
I welcome you to come on this journey with me and invite your comments - in fact I need them!
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