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Midlife Unfogged

Grieving her mother, barely tolerating her father, and lost in the fog of menopause, Margaret finds an old box of letters from her mother—and is pulled into her mother’s past. Here she finds a fierce and funny reckoning, a reconnection with her father, and the chaotic and sometimes messy brilliance of defining the life that finally feels right.

Coming Soon

a novel by nina waddington

• The Single Middle‑Aged Woman’s Guide to Starting Over (Again)

• The Why -- Fiction Series - About Mental Health the the reasoning behind people's reactions.

• Jera - The Runes - A novel taking place in 2126. Climate change has wreaked havoc on our world. The Runes have been trained to battle Mother Nature and find a suitable place to live.

The Memory Keepers

It is true that when a loved one dies, the suffocating fear for most is that we will, in the days, months, and years ahead, forget them. The joy in their laugh will be lost, and the sweetness of their perfume will fade. It chokes sleep out of our nights and traps us in the doorways of empty bedrooms. We smother ourselves in musty t-shirts in an attempt to breathe in their memories. Fear hijacks moments of happiness, then drowns us in guilt in moments of celebration.

It is endless, it seems.

Also true, though, is that when we allow it to, memories can be triggered often. Symbols surround us and can connect us to the things that brought us joy. A shooting star transports us to a night cuddled on a dock. Toasted pecans awaken memories of baking cookies with a child, now gone.

A song. A smell. A sign.

What if these triggers were carefully planned and purposefully placed to redirect you from grief? To connect you to your loved one?

These are the workings of The Memory Keepers, for, in memories, we find the joy we feared lost.

a novel by nina waddington

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