Happy New Year!
The Bratt Pack and I wish you a very happy new year! We have some great things to look forward to in 2022, including a wedding, then a visit from my youngest daughter who lives in Maui. Who would’ve ever thought that when she went there four years ago for a job, that she’d…
Read MoreLets Keep the Love of Reading Alive!
I was born a storyteller. I wrote my first memoir when I was 11 and had witnessed my best friend struck and killed by a car. I couldn’t ‘talk’ out what had happened to me and my teacher knew that. She asked me to write it out. I did. I also buried myself in books,…
Read MoreWhat’s the Point of it All?
Do you feel like you live life with a purpose? In my opinion, the unhappiest people I know are the ones who haven’t found their purpose. They live life as though it’s drudgery and get through each day, go to bed, then wake up and do it again. Some of them do it with a…
Read MoreYorkie Rescue of The Carolinas and Me
As Director of Advocacy for Yorkie Rescue of the Carolinas (YROC), I do a lot of tasks to advocate for our rescue doggos. Things like website maintenance, newsletters, graphics, contracts, fund-raising.. etc.. But I love it when I can foster. A few of these ended up as foster fails, I’ll admit. But that’s usually when…
Read MoreRemember the Days?
I saw this meme come across my social network feed and it instantly brought me back to the days I lived in a tiny village called Pleasanton in Nebraska somewhere in the early 80’s. I was a child, somewhere around 9-10 or so years old, and part of a family that lived in many towns,…
Read MoreOur Life is a Collection of Essays, don’t you think?
A Surreal Moment in China Life is made of moments strung together, a collection of essays that create the novel of our lives. ~Kay Bratt I sat on the scarred, wooden floor with one child cradled in my lap, one on his belly in front of me, and two more directly in front of me…
Read MoreINTO THE BLUE is a KINDLE DAILY DEAL!
To anyone who has yet to read any of Kay’s books, I highly recommend you change that today! This third part of her By the Sea trilogy has me wake at 3:00 AM just to see how the story endS! I have loved all three books and it will take me several days to…
Read MoreThe Room (short fiction inspired by photo)
The Room Kay Bratt 9/16/2021 (previously published in my author/reader group called MY BOOK FRIENDS) It was once Gracie’s favorite room in the house but as she entered today, it greeted her fondly, asking why she had been away so long. A place where she could escape to read a book, write a letter,…
Read MoreBlinded By Hope
Blinded By Hope [A memory from my time in China] For some it is not with our eyes that we see, but rather with our hearts. ~Kay Bratt Still trying to avoid the recommendations from friends to see an acupuncturist for my pain, I was on my sixth visit to the massage clinic. My American…
Read MoreA Harrowing Ordeal in China
A Harrowing Ordeal in China Never take your love for granted as it can be yanked from your life in a heartbeat. ~Kay Bratt As the mammoth creature swayed its back to and fro, I looked down from our perch on its back to shiver at the sight of the steep drop off only…
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