Word Wednesday
The American Heritage defines FRIEND two ways, the
first: a person whom one knows, likes and trusts. Hudson Catalina, the main character in my
novel of the same name, learns about friendship while she is held hostage by a
killer. There are two other hostages,
Ruby Desmond an elderly black woman, very wise and brave, as well as autistic
Willy Wu, the young man who becomes Hudson’s unlikely hero. In a life or death situation, like the one
these three fictional characters find themselves, the word friend is tested
and retested.
I count myself wealthy in friendships. What I lack in siblings I have been blessed
with in friends. All of whom I know,
like (love) and trust, and even if I had one true friend, I would still be
wealthy, for the measure of wealth is not in the tangibles but in the
intangibles of human connections.
The second definition for friend is as follows: one
who supports, sympathizes with, or patronizes a group, cause or movement. In recent days I have been promoting my book,
HUDSON CATALINA. Free for two days through Amazon
and now to borrow or buy. So many
followers turned into friends of the second definition. They supported my efforts and shared their
friends and in two days of free promoting ten thousand eBook copies were
downloaded. Amazing. I extend my gratitude to these friends and
their friends alike.
Although this is the last day in October which has been designated as BREAST CANCER AWARENESS month, please remember that breast cancer awareness needs to be twelve months a year.
Blog what you see, feel, think, and hear.
Live each day well … or write a book.
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