And not just any bookshelf, my book is now available at the Indigo-Chapters location in Langley, BC! It can be found in the Local Author and the Abuse section. Currently they have a display table of local author books and it is on there too. I’m very excited about this! Many times I walked into that exact store and dreamed about one day seeing my book there. Now that dream is a reality. More than seeing my book on the shelf though, I am thrilled with the possibility that more people might read it. (Because of that I must resist the urge to check online to see if I have sold any copies…) Abuse awareness is really important to me. I want to continue to get the word out there about what it looks like. My memoir is easy to read and reads like a novel. It’s written in chronological…

I’ll let you in on a secret⁠… until I threw my own book launch party (with the help of my talented event-planning sister), I had never been to a book launch before. It was likely the first one for many of the people there too. It was a lot of fun! I’m so grateful for everyone who came. It meant a lot to me. I heard positive things from people who attended, which was great. I wish I could have talked more to everyone who came. It’s crazy to be in a room where I am the only one who knows every person. People started to arrive just before 6:30pm. At 7pm, my sister introduced me. She mentioned the importance of stories and I reiterated the same sentiment in my speech. Stories are important. They change us. Shape us. Move us. Inspire us. Grow us. A story can have a…