Shared Experience
by Claire Wood
Shawn Stoffel deployed to Afghanistan two weeks after his daughter Riley was born. When Shawn came home ten months later, Riley immediately knew her father’s face and voice from video recordings of bedtime stories he made before he left. United Through Reading provides recording capabilities and story books, allowing military families to continue the simple yet comforting routine of reading together, an invaluable tool for literacy and strong family bonds. […]
Beyond the Flap
by Terri Barnes
The daily chaos of life was about to overwhelm Lisa Smith Molinari, until she discovered a lifeline: writing. Now an award-winning newspaper columnist and author of the upcoming book The Meat and Potatoes of Life: My True Lit Com, Lisa began her writing journey making lists on a yellow legal pad during her husband’s military deployment. For many writers like Lisa, the act of putting pen to paper or fingers to keyboard brings mindfulness, order, and context to daily events and major life challenges. […]
Readers Write
The books we read often change the way we view ourselves and the world around us. What better year than 2020 for clarity of vision, and what better way to achieve clarity than by reading good books? In this first Readers Write of the new year and new decade, readers talk about books they found to be eye-opening and transformative, in a variety of genres from self-help to children’s fiction. […]
