by Hollye Dexter | Jan 14, 2015 | Amy Ferris, being published, Fire Season, memoir, telling the truth, writing
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG.ADVANCE READER COPIES JUST ARRIVED. Troy asked me, “How do you feel?” Hmmm…How do I feel? Excited. Nervous. Relieved. And maybe just a little bit like puking.Years of soul searching, hard work, ass-in-chair 24/7 writing...
by Hollye Dexter | Apr 23, 2014 | Amy Ferris, Dancing At the Shame Prom, family, hope through adversity, life lessons, life story, surviving disaster, the power of positive thinking, writing life, writing memoir
(This story was posted on “Maria Shriver’s Architects of Change.” It is excerpted from my new memoir “Fire Season: Losing Everything and Finding Myself.” With deep gratitude…) On the morning of November 18th, 1994, my family...
by Hollye Dexter | Jul 8, 2012 | Amy Ferris, Barbara Hannah Grufferman, Middle Age, midlife, New career at midlife, starting over at midlife, Suzanne Levine, women at midlife, women over 50, women's empowerment
The Emerson Resort and SpaI always had visions in my head of the things I would do “someday”. I would travel. I would write a book. I would quit my lousy job. I would find my purpose in life. But one morning I woke up and was stunned to discover I was middle-aged. I...
by Hollye Dexter | Dec 15, 2011 | Amy Ferris, Bethlehem, Dancing At the Shame Prom, Fierce Grace, Pennsylvania, telling the truth, Wilson Phillips
December brings my birthday and the holidays. As a child, it was my favorite time of year, but these last ten years, being estranged from my family, I tend to get the blues. My sweet husband hangs Christmas lights and wears a Santa hat to cheer me up, and I do my...
by Hollye Dexter | Sep 1, 2010 | Amy Ferris, Matters That Matter, Monica Holloway, PEEC, self esteem
PEEC Pocono Environmental Education Center Presents:Women Living Fully …investing in ourselves Oct. 24 – 27, 2010 Imagine yourself nestled in the beautiful Poconos this Fall, your only goal to rest and indulge in self discovery. Imagine meeting like-minded women...