Hope, Inspiration and the Power of Angels

This excerpt is from my memoir, Twenty-Eight Snow Angels: A Widow's Story of Love, Loss and Renewal. The story is one of love, hope, inspiration and the resiliency of the human spirit.

John and I met in 1971 at the Rusty Nail, a smoke-filled bar in Brook-
lyn Center on the outskirts of Minneapolis. The Nail was a popular
hang out for the bar hopping crowd. Bar hopping, back in the seven-
ties, was like date surfi ng on the net, but you did it in a car, often your
best friend’s car. On any given night after working out at the European
Health Spa my college friend and I piled into her Chevy Nova. Driving
from bar to bar, we looked for the best band, cheapest drinks and the
highest number of single guys ready to invite us onto the dance floor.
In the noisy bar we sipped vodka gimlets and black Russians, praying
the band would pound out a Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young or Creedance
Clearwater Revival song, and some hot guy would waltz over to our
table and ask us to dance. Fast-paced songs gave us a chance to check
out a guy with a minimal amount of small talk or body contact.

On that night of January 15, the band cranked out a high-energy
song. From the back corner of the bar John wandered over to our table,
leaned down and asked me to dance. His blue eyes fl ashed as the loud
music bounced and rocked us back and forth. When the song ended,
we hesitated on the dance fl oor while the band decided what to play
next. A soft chord rolled off the lead guitar player’s fingers as the band
switched to a waltz. We held out our arms and folded into each other.

Twenty-Eight Snow Angels Warms Hearts

Wonderful reader response to my recently released memoir, Twenty-Eight Snow Angels: A Widow's Story of Love, Loss and Renewal! Thanks to everyone who has purchased a book. Your support and positive reviews on Amazon and Barnes & Noble make my heart soar. After seven years of writing this personal story of the death of my loving husband, I am so pleased to know that my story is touching lives.

Twenty-Eight Snow Angels

Many thanks to ALL the readers who have sent such positive feedback on my memoir, Twenty-Eight Snow Angels: A Widow's Story of Love, Loss and Renewal. Your heartfelt, positive comments make my heart soar! If sharing my story gives others hope after the death of a loved one, the seven years of writing and tears will all be worth it.