Book Business
Thanks to Open to Hope Foundation President Dr. Gloria Horsley, Executive Director Dr. Heidi Horsley, and Webmaster/Editor Neil Chethik for offering me the position of Assistant Editor of www.opentohope.com. The duties, suggesting writing topics for contributing authors, reading articles, and checking tag words, are a good fit for me.
I admire Open to Hope’s mission of helping bereaved people find hope again. As the website says, “If you have lost hope please lean on ours.” Before I accepted the job, I compiled a list of 40 topics for authors to consider. The ideas came from my grief experience, ongoing research, and the grief healing books I have written. Here’s to another year of Open to Hope articles, books, radio, and television!
And thank you to the Rave Reviews Book Club for choosing The Grandma Force as a finalist in its 2020 International Literary Award Contest. I am profoundly grateful to the RRBC and its Governing Board for this honor. I have been honored twice. So, You’re RaisingYour Grandkids! was the Grand Prize Winner of the 2019 contest.
Reviews
Reviews of Ready, Set, Lead! are starting to arrive and this is one of them.
If you have a child in your life that you care about and want to see them succeed, then you must read this book with them. Leadership is a learnable skill, and this book has keys that will help set any child on the path to being a leader and set them up for success no matter which path they choose to follow. Chris Robinson, Executive Vice President, Maxwell Entrepreneurial Solutions, and more importantly a proud father of six—triplets, a single, and twins.
Here is another review of Ready, Set, Lead. I received an Advanced Review Copy of this book and am very impressed with the message! The illustrations are splendid and in today’s age of technology, this resource is great for building face-to-face skills of leadership, honesty, compassion, and other character traits that kids can’t learn through a computer.
Hodgson is known for her parenting wisdom and it’s visible through this book’s message. Kasten’s leadership expertise also shines through. Written in rhyming verse, this would be a good book for parents or teachers to read aloud. Pre-read questions could include: What makes a good leader? How can we be good leaders? (Heaven knows we need better leaders full of integrity today!) After the read-aloud, ask the children to self-check: What skill could we/you work on this week?
This is a good purchase for a parent, school, or public library to add to their collection. Paige Jaeger, Author and Librarian
From My Window
Photo by Elizabeth Nida Obert
The season of joy became a time of sadness when my husband, C. John Hodgson, MD, MPH died November 28, 2020. John was an adventurer, a specialist in aerospace and aviation medicine, and charter member of the Society of NASA Flight Surgeons. I was proud to be his wife for 63 years. His love continues to be the inspiration of my life. Family always came first with John. This photo, taken by photographer Elizabeth Nida Obert, is one of my favorites.
I am grateful to the Rave Reviews Book Club for its words of sympathy and bevy of comforting gifts. I love all the gifts, especially the RRBC coffee mug with the words “Story Teller” on it. RRBC is like a family to me and I am blessed to be part of it.
Thank you for reading this newsletter. Your comments, questions, and suggestions are welcome. Email them to me at harriethodgson@charter.net. I am looking forward to hearing from you. Have a marvelous new start and new year.
Photo by Kathy Meyer, RN
Quote of the Month
And suddenly you know it’s time to start something new and trust the magic of new beginnings. Meister Eckhart, German Theologian, Philosopher, and Author