I am delighted to welcome Sara Connell here at Choices today to discuss her writing and coaching life. Her memoir, Bringing in Finn is indeed an incredible surrogacy story. To win your free copy, please leave your comments here. I'll announce a winner, picked randomly, on Monday, December 2. Book Summary and Details Bringing in Finn by Sara Connell is an incredibly moving story of surrogacy and how it created a bond like no other between a mother and daughter. In February 2011, 61-year-old Kristine Casey delivered the greatest gift of all to her daughter, Sara Connell: Sara's son, Finnean. At that moment, Kristine the gestational carrier of Sara and her husband Bill's child became the oldest woman ever to give birth in Chicago. Bringing in Finn: An Extraordinary Surrogacy Story tells this modern family's remarkable surrogacy story. is an achingly honest memoir about a couple that wanted nothing more than to have a family and a mother who would do anything for her … [Read more...]
Sara Connell’s surrogacy story is incredible
Twitter at its best
I've been listening to Scott Simon's distinctive voice on NPR's Weekend Edition for years. After reading this article I know he also has a distinctive, elegant, and loving voice via Twitter. For those of us who haven't yet found a way to take full advantage of Twitter, read Simon's tweets about the last days of his mother's life. After reading them myself, I had to share this article with you. Here's the link if you want to read the entire Los Angeles Times article. You can also listen to Simon's words on the NPR site. latimes.com NPR's Scott Simon: A vigil for his dying mother, tweeted with love By Matt Pearce This post has been updated, as indicated below. 6:18 PM PDT, July 29, 2013 Scott Simon, a radio host for NPR's Weekend Edition, gave his mother, Patricia Simon Newman Gilband, a very public farewell. Gilband appeared with her son on NPR in 2008, when the pair bantered as she shared stories from her life in Chicago. Well, I think the thing I have … [Read more...]
Is life and death a game?
On a long drive yesterday I listened to a lot of NPR, including an interview with Gary Ross, the director of The Hunger Games, a movie opening on March 23 with a lot of hoopla. Since I didn't know about it it's geared to teenagers and adapted from a young adult novel series by Suzanne Collins in which she explores the effects of war and violence on those coming of age I decided to Google the book when I got home. I wasn't pleased with what I found. The Hunger Games is about youngsters as young as twelve and as old as eighteen fighting each other I understand there has been a rebirth of bows and arrows as a result until the last one is standing. Also the people who live in the surrounding area are commanded to watch this war on television. That the game of life and death is so revered in this story appalls me. Must be my age. Still with all the very young men and women killed in real wars, the gang-related youth killings, and suicides by children as young as nine … [Read more...]
