Happy May to all and Happy Mother's Day to many. Cheers to the women who wipe noses, tie laces, and remind us to sit up straight. I remember well the day I became a mother. Four kids later, I'm still learning, still growing, still in awe of my kids and I feel blessed every day. Humbled, too, by the love and sacrifice of my own mother, who raised three girls into women and lived to tell the tale. 

What Rhymes with Mother's Day? Giveaway! And I've got a great one—for moms, for non-moms, and everyone in between.

For readers of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, author Suzy Krause delivers a quirky, colorful story about love, loss, second chances, and what it means to truly live in her debut novel, Valencia and Valentine—my Mother's Day Giveaway pick.

Fin is French for end. Often typed in capital letters at the bottom of a screenplay, it means "the end." During a February getaway at Barboursville Vineyard, I typed FIN at the bottom of the manuscript that would become my debut novel, Holly Banks Full of Angst. 

Vines quiet. Snow falling. No internet. Just me and my words and the most amazing feeling . . .

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