ANNOUNCEMENT!!!! NEW BOOK!!!
It’s been so long since I’ve posted anything…many have reached out to ask if I am ok and where I’ve gone. Thank you so much for your kind and caring thoughts. I am fine - nope, I am better than fine!!! I am now a published author. Yes! That’s right - a published author! And that is where I have been…writing my memoir and getting it edited and published.
My book is a tribute to not only my growth as a human, but growth as a mom and a tribute to my son - his uncanny ability to evoke change in those who’s lives he touches…This book was a labour of love that began back in 2013 and was finally published this month, May 2021.
The book is titled “Memoirs of a Single Travelling Mom; Travels with Toby” and it’s available on all Amazon platforms in Kindle and paperback formats. Soon, (in 2-3 months) the book will also be available on Audible.
Here is the “Description”;
One woman’s journey of discovery as she travels the world on a budget with her young son.A free spirit by nature, Marnie has always been too adventurous for a suburban life or middle-class marriage. Her attempt at a conventional lifestyle gnawed at her spirit and left her frustrated with not fitting in. After her divorce, a brief, unsuitable relationship produces her miracle child, Toby. Marnie begins to see her world through the eyes of an impressionable child and realizes trying to conform to normal society is disheartening and downright painful.
When Toby is two, Marnie decides to take charge of his upbringing rather than letting society, strangers, and daycares raise him. She believes travel is the best teacher—so the single mom swaps her car for an RV, and she and Toby set off to explore what is possible within their limited means.
After six months on the road mixing with kindred spirits, Marnie and Toby struggle to reassimilate into the lifestyle that society expects. It’s clear that normality and conformity just aren’t for them!
Hungry for unique experience and intrigued by “world schooling,” they take the plunge into a nomadic existence. They’re all in! This time there’s no going back. Soon they’re wandering the globe on a tight budget with adventure and life lessons around every corner.
Through spiritual development and self-employment, a traumatic brain injury and a pandemic, Marnie breaks away from others’ expectations and learns to live life on her own terms. She would never have guessed when she set out to educate her son that she would also find her own truth.
If there's one thing Marnie has learned, and one lesson that can be gleaned from her experiences, it’s that as you navigate the road of life, you will always encounter speed bumps. These speed bumps are little tests of your resolve to remain on your current path. If you are constantly running into roadblocks, rather than speed bumps, it's entirely likely that you are on the wrong road and it's time to take a different one. You, and only you, have the power to turn left when society is saying turn right. There is only one person that can change your trajectory—and that's YOU!
If you’ve ever dreamed of a different life or lifestyle, if you crave to live outside of the “normal” in which you were raised but you were too scared, too filled with anxiety to leave the comfort zone of your life, this book is truly for you…it’s not a how to by any means, but it’s a real life account of the trials, tribulations and triumphs that you’ll experience once you decide to break with conformity.
And once you make the decision to walk the path of non-conformity, I can be there for you too, having been there myself, I can be a pillar for you, I can hold your hand, I can be a shoulder to cry on, but I can also be your loudest cheering section!
Go on, live the life you are meant to live…it is possible…read the book, you’ll see that my beginnings weren’t so different from where you may find yourself right now - dreaming of an alternative but not taking action…the time for action is the present moment!
Love Light and Hugs