While job hunting one very long year, I decided to start writing my story to keep myself busy. My office was a coffee shop and putting ink to paper a daily sojourn. The title makes little sense until you read a poem my sister wrote to me while I was living in Russia. Covering thirty years, it is more synopsis than the nitty-gritty – a look back to capture those moments of grief and perspective that need to be balanced. Paperback and Kindle versions are available on Amazon.
Sage Was The Perfect Shadow – A Survivor Story
“A few moments on an icy bridge changed everything
the skid,
the sliding,
the impact,
the gas pouring out on me.
It is easy to toss out words like shattered and tragic, tougher to take them in
and swallow them.”
Thus begins a three-decade tale of recovery and identity reconstruction for an 18-year-old college girl severely burned in a car accident. Searching for the whys and working through the grief, the memoir takes us on a journey to find hope, coaxing people past the scars and tugging others toward life along the way.
Alive with honest perspective and the defiance of despair, Sage Was The Perfect Shadow will encourage and inspire.
Hi Mona,
First of all, it was great to see you at WBC!! I loved your seminar and how you continue to grow in your confidence and effectiveness. Truly remarkable!!! Also, I just finished your book, Sage was the perfect shadow! Well written and such an honest and inspiring work! Thanks for sharing your journey as it helps us all with our “scars” (visible and invisible) and our own journeys of growth in life’s travels! You are an awesome woman and I am privileged to have met you, Mona!! Thank you! Rose
Rose – thanks so much for the sweet and encouraging words. It was so great to see you in Providence! I love how you support Barbara – your smile lights up a room, my dear. Blessings!!
I just finished reading “Chasing My Dreams” and loved it. Now I want to read “Sage Was the Perfect Shadow.” I would really like to have an autographed copy if that’s possible. You can email me to set up that up. Loved spending time with you those many years ago in Kokomo with Hope International. I’m so proud of what you’ve been doing with your life.
Dorothy – you are so sweet – thanks for reading Chasing My Dreams and Sage!! Would be happy to autograph a copy… I would be happy to send you one if you give me your address. xo